Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

This movie has a unique story to tell if one stays with it as it starts out a little slow but necessary. If you can also get past the British way of speaking which to Americans sometimes comes across mumbled then the story with a lot of heart awaits you. This movie has a strong "Somewhere in Time" movie flavor that Christopher Reeve did. Two star-crossed lovers keep missing each other but eventually connect. This movie has that dynamic with its own message and it is a great movie to discuss when it ends. I liked the build-up and the actors really got into their roles. The dame of the house makes a statement after finding out the place may be haunted that resonated with me. She says something to the affect of: if there is a ghost and there is an injustice then it is up to us to handle it or dissemble this house brick by brick. That is someone you want on your team. Enjoy the fresh innocence of a well-done movie back in the forties that must have brought many great entertainment joy. Good movie to eat your favorite snack with a tasty drink. Pay attention as the ghost tries to make itself known and how it all comes about that leads to a satisfying conclusion. Nicely done and thank you

This film has it all, billowing night gowns, Victorian pomp, and a mysterious old house. There is a genuine spooky ghostly tension to this film. The camera work is interesting with a lot of establishing tracking shots that are ahead of their time. However the dialogue is written more with stage in mind. The cast do well, although Lockwood's acting could have been better.Set in the 1900s, a Scottish couple purchase a large mansion, the husband a wealthy industrialist congratulates himself on getting a good price from the estate agent. To wife employs a lovely young girl as a companion to keep her company. The girl falls in love with a handsome young doctor who works in the district and the couple intent do marry. After one of the servants finds an old gold locket in the garden, the young girl falls ill with a mysterious nervous illness which cannot be explained by medicine. Gradually it becomes apparent that she is being possessed by the spirit of the previous lady of the house. This film has a great story and wonderful atmosphere, it has real potential to be remade for a modern audience.

It's turn of the century England and retired couple – the Smedhursts - James Mason and Barbara Mullen buy a large manor house in the countryside at a good price. A companion for Mullen arrives in the form of Margaret Lockwood (Annette) and we get the developing of a romance when Lockwood meets Dennis Price (Dr Selbie) at a dinner party at the house. However, there is a reason why the house was sold at such a cheap price to Mason and everyone soon finds out this reason. We have a spirit still in residence. It's the spirit of a woman who was murdered and she starts to take over Lockwood's character. This possession needs to be resolved.I like this type of film but I have to say that there are quite a few irritations with this offering that bring down its overall effect. I wanted to like it but here is what is wrong - the casting of Mason and Mullen as elderly people. This may have been OK if we were to dissolve to a flashback story, but this doesn't happen. They are two main characters who remain this way for the duration of the film. Two problems lead on from this, firstly, your face totally changes as you get older. I no longer look anything like the gorgeous specimen I was in my early 20's – my gorgeousness now looks totally different – I've still got it, though. So, it's not good enough to apply a bit of makeup onto a younger actor and believe that is the job done to portray the same person in old age. They should have just cast 2 older actors. Secondly, there seems to have been no lines applied to the face of Mullen so she just looks young and therefore cast wrong as Mason's wife. With portraying an older character comes the trap of hamming things up – you know, start shaking your hands a bit, over-exaggerated sitting down and walking, a bit of forgetfulness, etc. All totally crap and I'm afraid Mason hams it up on this front to my great annoyance. This is not a good performance by him. And stop calling your wife "Mother"! Sticking with these two main characters, what is going on with their accents? Terrible attempt by Mason at a Yorkshire accent and he sticks with it for the whole film. You expect Mason to speak like Mason – don't change a winning formula. You'd never guess that he was actually born in Yorkshire – it's a disgraceful attempt. And as for Mullen's accent – where is she from? Aside from these two weak leads, we have a slow moving film. I'm afraid it gets boring despite the interesting premise. There isn't nearly enough tension and suspense and everything is predictable including the ending which is one of the film's standout sequences. Guessed that one a mile in advance. The story is also frustratingly developed as the first thing a normal person would have done would have been to find "Dr Marsham" and find out the cause of death for the woman all those years ago. It takes these clowns 5,000 years to get round to doing the bleeding obvious. Finally, the melodramatic facial expressions of Mullen ruin the film. One example comes when she pulls a face that suggests the she has seen an apparition off camera and we as the audience prepare for the camera to pan round and reveal the vision that she is currently fixated on. Well, she's just messing about, apparently, giving totally misleading facial cues to us. The film also has too much comedy – not another old guy in a pub hamming it up and dragging out a scene as he pretends to have a failing memory – Jeees! Set against the annoyances as described above, there are good sequences – the night that Lockwood hears the piano and goes to investigate as well as some nice ideas such as the voice over the gardener's shoulder telling him to dig up a section of garden. It would have been more effective to actually see this incident, though. The best in the cast are Helen Hayes (Mrs Tutthorn) and housemaid Dulcie Gray (Sarah). Hayes should have had more of a prominent role.I'm annoyed and disappointed because this film should have been better.

A nifty little ghost story in which possession is part of the lore. James Mason as an elderly retired draper buys a lovely old manse at a bargain price...because the real estate agent forgot to mention that it's haunted. His wife's companion, the lovely Margaret Lockwood, suddenly starts playing piano melodies she never heard before and takes to her bed, pleading "Send for Dr. Marsham." But her fiancée is Dr. Selby. Mason is marvelous as a retired old coot. Barbara Mullen is splendid as his practical wife. And a very young Dennis Price is a loving -- and bewildered -- young medic. If you enjoyed "The Haunting" and "The Uninvited," pay a visit to "A Place of One's Own."