Terry O'Quinn plays author Bob Anderson, who rents an old house where he plans to start writing his next novel. Unfortunately, the place isn't as peaceful as he had hoped: it's home to the ghost of a young woman, Evelyn (Blair Parker), whose creepy presence makes Bob understandably unnerved. Bob eventually plucks up courage to confront the ghost, who leads him to discover her body walled up in the basement, obviously a victim of foul play.
So he goes to the police, right? Well, no, instead he shows his discovery to his neighbour Barbara (Kristy McNichol), with whom he has developed a friendship, and the pair decide to bury the body in a forest. And that's where the film lost me, their decision to inter the corpse in the middle of nowhere instead of alerting the authorities making no sense whatsoever.
It's a shame, because up until that point, the film was working wonderfully: it was atmospheric and spooky, with great performances from the two leads.
Anyway, having been buried, the no longer tormented Evelyn returns to the house to seduce Bob, believing that he is her lover William. A spot of supernatural romance ensues, Bob entranced by the beautiful ghost, but he isn't so happy when he realises that Evelyn intends to kill him so that they can be together forever. This part of the film isn't too bad, except for the scene where Evelyn's ghost drives a car: she died in 1891 so it's more than a little daft.
Overall, I had a reasonable time with The Forgotten One - I just wish that writer/director Phillip Badger had found a way to avoid the issues that I have mentioned.
5.5/10, rounded up to 6 for IMDb.
