The Changeling is a 1980 horror film directed by Peter Medak and starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere (Scott's real-life wife). The story is based upon events experienced by writer, Russell Hunter, while living in the Henry Treat Rogers Mansion of Denver, CO.
Regarding the plot : After the death of his beloved wife and daughter, hit by a truck in a snowing road upstate New York, the composer and music professor John Russell (George C. Scott) moves to Seattle to teach music in the local university. He leases a huge mansion in Chessman Park that belongs to the Historical Society and has been empty for twelve years. John hears some weird noises always at 6:00 AM and later he experiences the contact of the ghost of a child that lived many decades ago in the house. He researches the history of the house, and discloses a despicable secret.
This movie has everything. Dark, spooky stairways draped with dusty cobwebs, a boarded up room with a terrible secret, a shadowy seance scene, ghostly voices and frightening noises that echo through the huge house, political intrigue and a very solid looking ghost who scares the absolute hell out of anyone he shows himself to. It boasts a well thought out plot with several great twists and a very angry murder victim, who doesn't want to be at peace - he just wants revenge, and boy does he get it.
Fans of "Ringu" will enjoy this tale of murder, ghostly revenge and bodies thrown down wells.
This film has very few gory moments or F/X. It scares with great story telling, sounds and dark corners. The acting is excellent and the director is quite accomplished.
This film was #54 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
IMDB INFO :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/
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