Trailer+1 trailer
Summary
As her marriage to decorated war hero Oliver draws near, well-heeled Diana moves into an apartment within an otherwise unoccupied, sprawling London house where she starts to experience strange and terrifying nightmares.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You scare easily
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 46GoodWatch 50
IMDb5.6
Audience score35%
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than most horror movies, −9 min on the typical 95
typical 9586Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1988
October 6, 1988
38 years ago
Genre
HorrorLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United Kingdom
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 6 moreDirecting · 3
- Harley Cokeliss Director, Writer
- John Dodds Second Assistant Director
- June Randall Script Supervisor
Writing · 1
- Christopher Wicking Writer
Production · 8
- Nik Powell Executive Producer
- Jonathan Olsberg Executive Producer
- Timothy Woolford Executive Producer
- Peter Watson-Wood Executive Producer
- Paul Webster Producer
- Marilyn Johnson Casting
Camera · 1
- Ian Wilson Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- David Martín Editor
- Ian Crafford Editor
Sound · 4
- Bill Nelson Original Music Composer
- Ron Davis Supervising Sound Editor
- George Rice Sound
- Teddy Mason Dialogue Editor
Art · 2
- Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski Production Design
- Malcolm Stone Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Sue Blane Costume Design
- Lesley Doyle Wardrobe Master
- Gary Bunn Makeup Artist
Other crew · 6
- Nick Gillard Stunts
- Elaine Ford Stunts
- Catherine de Pury Additional Dialogue
- Digby Milner Stunts
- Alexander Gunn Special Effects Technician
- Simon Hewitt Special Effects Technician
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