Urban Ghost Story (1998)
Directed by Geneviève Jolliffe / Genevieve Jolliffe
Genres - Horror, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Haunted House Film |
Run Time - 85 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Bhob Stewart
Genevieve Jolliffe directed this British supernatural drama set in Glasgow. A joyride car crash almost leads to the death of 12-year-old Lizzie (Heather Ann Foster) who lives with her mother Kate (Stephanie Buttle) and with her brother and younger sister in a seedy apartment building. When Lizzie returns home, she begins experiencing strange and unexplained phenomena in the apartment With police and a social worker (Siri O'Neal) ill-equipped to deal with poltergeist activity, Kate turns for help to journalist John Fox (Jason Connery) who sees it as a hoax and types it as a tabloid tale. However, after university parapsychologists arrive on the scene, scientific tests indicate that mother and daughter deserve serious scrutiny. Filmed with a blow-up from Super-16 and shot at southeast England locations with interiors at Ealing Film Studios. Shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
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car-crash, journalism, poltergeist, social-worker, supernatural-forces, unexplained-phenomena