Comments on: The Changeling (1980)

By: Scott Jack

Scott Jack — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:28:22 +0000

The author’s review is baffling. This movie was a crap-load of Genie awards the year it was released. It deserved every one of them! Pace, story, acting and music/sound effects were some of the best you will find in the genre. What more does a director have to do to get some respect? Holy cow!

By: pat

pat — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:11:11 +0000

Oh by the way go to Wikipedia for the whole rundown The writer playwright said he got his inspiration from living in a haunted house in Denver.

By: pat

pat — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:04:04 +0000

Yes Allan “I am the boy” auto-writing what a cool concept gets me over any boring special effect or phony half the time CG.

By: Allan

Allan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:01:34 +0000

The reviewer must be in his 20’s – a product of effects laden movies, with empty headed, trendy audiences who have , at best, a 30 second attention span! The Changeling is a great film!

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:24:08 +0000

This is one of my favorite horror/mystery movies. It is classy & simple without blown out special effects that take away from the storyline. I give this movie an A+.

By: Cindi

Cindi — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:22:24 +0000

The Changeling is the best horror movie ever made…I haven’t found a movie yet that can scare me as much as this one did. It is classic. I saw it as a child, maybe around 7yr old, and my father made me go take my bath right after the movie was over. I was terrified. He promised not to drown me though so I went ahead and got in. Just the sound of the the boy’s voice on the tape still sends chills down my spine. I have heard talk of a remake for years and would love if they could do it but keep the simplicity of the original. In a world of Jason’s, Michael’s, and Freddy’s it would be refreshing to have a good old fashioned ghost story.

By: Squeezer

Squeezer — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:43:10 +0000

From the first time I saw this film in 1984 until now I have never seen a more intriguing chilling film. I totally disagree with the author of above comments. The classic seance scene is eerie but the child’s voice, saying “My father” good god. scared me to death! I agree with other comments that it is much like the 60’s version of The Haunting-I got the same feelings when the “chalk” writing on the wall shows up to scare Eleanor. Brilliant, subtle, and unnerving.

By: Bram

Bram — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:19:16 +0000

I must agree with Neil, this movie is an absolute classic and still scares me as much today as it did when iI was 5 yrs old in 1980. I think the key to this film is not the modern aspect of “in your face” style, but what you dont see that gives it it’s “eeriness”. A great film and a constant in my collection.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:17:22 +0000

This movie horrified me. I love how they did the scene with the seance tape when you hear Joseph’s voice (the murdered boy) on the tape and then you’re taken back in time to his death. Chilling! And when he killed the cop to keep him from interfering with the investigation-so shocking. I love this movie as well as the original Haunting and wish more movies today were like them.

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:56:24 +0000

I haven’t seen this movie in awhile but I must disagree with the writer’s contention that it wasn’t very scary. Perhaps it is a matter of taste but I like the simplicity and subtlety of the movie. I always thought it was scary when the ball came down the stairs. I think this is a very underated movie.