The Haunting Passion

The Haunting Passion, what a title and what a movie. Jane Seymour was completely believable in her intimate scenes with her ghostly lover. The confusion over what was happening to her and the guilt that she was feeling were, in my opinion, award worthy. Gerald Mcraney's character, the poor self-absorbed husband of Diane-Jane Seymour, didn't know whether he was coming or going. He didn't know if he should be looking for someone to kill, or if he should have loaded his, seemingly, insane wife in the car and escorted her to the nearest mental facility. The ending left much to be desired, with as good as the rest of the movie was it deserved a better ending. Even though the ending wasn't exactly wonderful, the rest of the movie made up for that. So if you're flipping through the channels and see Jane Seymour making out with herself, or the wind, stop and watch; you won't be disappointed. If you have the WE cable network look for it, they may show it again, with no interruptions!

Blending supernatural elements with eerie passion and a deserted, lonesome palace being the location, the tone is set from the very beginning with intense sound. The plot is fairly common. An ex-football player, with her beautiful wife, who is a painter(Seymour) , moves in a big palace just offshore the rocky beach of north-western America. Soon the wife begins encountering suspicious activities in a house that may be haunted. The plot goes on to the end revealing the mysteries: sounds familiar. But this movie takes the route in a different ,unique way. Using Seymour's amazing acting skills and her beauty, the film portrays something which may fall under the category of supernatural romance or mild horror , or maybe even of those eternal loves. In my subconscious, I was thinking what if it may be related to Somewhere in Time, where Seymour acted as well, some similarities being there. Whatever it is, you will surely enjoy it. Sadly, it only has 500-odd ratings in IMDb. These types of films deserve more viewing. It's available in Youtube, in case anyone is interested.

Although this movie didn't obtain a great success, it is surprisingly good, in fact it is one of the best "soft horror" movies i ever saw.

If you love horror movies involving ghosts, spirits or beings that you never actually get to see in the "flesh" form, you will love this one.

Jane gives a wonderful performance and is as beautiful as she ever was.

One of those movies with such subtle ingredients that will bring some shivers to your back. Music score is perfect too, creating a haunting-mysterious atmosphere around it rare to see in this days horror movies.

As a curiosity, the 90s "Baywatch" TV series had an episode that was almost a replica of the argument in this movie, although a very bad replica indeed.