Rent Paperhouse (1988)

3.3 of 5 from 90 ratings
1h 29min
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Synopsis:
Ben Cross and Glenne Headly star as the parents of troubled 11 year old Anna (Charlotte Burke) in this nightmarish fantasy thriller. Anna's disturbing adventures begin when a house she sketched on paper eerily comes to life in a recurring dream. Bedridden with a fever, the imaginative and lonely child becomes obsessed with her drawing when she discovers that she can manipulate the course of her dreams by adding to her picture. As Anna deliriously plunges deeper and deeper into her fantasy world, she becomes convinced that her drawings have begun to control and perhaps destroy her life.
Her fever escalates, and the thin line between real and imagined blurs until Anna becomes trapped in a terror-filled nightmare, fearful that she won't escape alive.
Actors:
Charlotte Burke, , , , Sarah Newbold, , , , , , ,
Directors:
Producers:
Tim Bevan, Sarah Radclyffe
Writers:
Catherine Storr, Matthew Jacobs
Studio:
Columbia Tristar
Genres:
Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
BBFC:
Release Date:
24/09/2001
Run Time:
89 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles:
None
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.66:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Trailer
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Really skill horror fantasy! - Paperhouse review by NP

Spoiler Alert
29/04/2016

‘This looks like a really skill place to play hide and seek,’ says our heroine about a deserted railway station at one point. Why don’t people talk like that anymore?

Anna Madden (Charlotte Burke) suffers from persecution at school, feinting fits and a mother who displays some of the most wooden acting in the film. Bored and off school, she retreats into drawings. Her dad (Ben Cross) is away a lot, and occupies her dreams - but not as her charming, benevolent father.

The imagery is the winner here . The swirling, delirious story premise swims from tragedy to child-nightmare to life-affirming, with only occasional moments where the sometimes awkward acting prevents things from becoming as emotionally moving as they might have been. A nicely directed dark fantasy.

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