An antique book dealer finds himself haunted by the ghost of a young boy, he decides to investigate the strange occurrences within his life.An antique book dealer finds himself haunted by the ghost of a young boy, he decides to investigate the strange occurrences within his life.An antique book dealer finds himself haunted by the ghost of a young boy, he decides to investigate the strange occurrences within his life.
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The lack of suspense in this was mind boggling. Douglas Henshall is a good actor but he was wasted here. The ghost itself had zero fear factor. I don't think the director has ever watched an effective ghost story adaptation. The Uninvited (1944), The Haunting (1963), The Changeling (1980), The Woman in Black (1989 and 2012), and The Conjuring (2013) all got it right; don't show too much too soon (in the case of The Haunting, don't show anything at all)! Let the imagination do the work! This... didn't do that. I own the original story, and it is way, way better than this. A huge letdown.
Never heard of either Susan Hill or her story The Small Hand but I have just finished watching this TV adaptation. Not as bad as many other reviews make out. The creepy, delapidated mansion is probably the best thing about it. Good cast, though the main character, played by Dougie Henshall does mumble a lot. The ending had no great surprises but there was adequate scares along the way.
Poor writing, acting and directing. The pace is slow from the outset and doesn't improve from there. No suspense is built and has you struggling to invest yourself in this. A few scenes are laughable and have you wanting to turn off before the halfway marker.
You won't care about the characters, you won't care about the story. Channel 5 built plenty of hype, more anticipation than the entire movie could produce.
A movie so poor I would never want to read the book
The direction of this adaptation of Susan Hill's "Ghost Story" moves at a glacial pace. It is also heavily riddled with very corporeal apparitions appearing before the protagonist thus negating any real suspense or apprehension you, the viewer, may have had.
A big disappointment. I would only recommend this film as a night-time sedative.
A big disappointment. I would only recommend this film as a night-time sedative.
I loved the Woman in Black also by Susan Hill so i was looking forward to this, how disappointed i was. Very dull, no suspense and not scary at all. Terrible
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- TriviaThe Small hand was Filmed at Bannockburn house.
- GoofsHugo and Benedictus visit Adam in his previously derelict house and praise the way he has decorated a bedroom, but the wallpaper visible in the background is clearly not new.
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- 1h 55m(115 min)
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