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The Changeling

Directed By: Peter Medak

Written By: Russell Hunter, William Gray, Diana Maddox

Starring: George C. Scott (John Russell), Melvyn Douglas (Senator Joseph Carmichael), Trish Van Devere (Claire), Eric Christmas (Albert Harmon), John Colicos (De Witt), Jean Marsh (Joanna Russell), Roberta Maxwell (Eva Lingstrom), Barry Morse (Doctor Pemberton) Terence Kelly (Sgt. Durban)

A good ghost story is hard to come by today. The various attempts of haunted houses and ghost tales today rely heavily on jump scares and loud sound affects to propel the story along. Thankfully “The Changeling” doesn’t follow the model! I had only heard of this film in passing but never actually made an attempt to watch but now I am glad I did. Plus, don’t we all love a good ghost story?

The story follows John Russell to a new old style home after the tragic loss...

Manning, Colorado. Present Day Daniel Elkin (Terence Kelly) looks over his journal and papers at a bar. A woman turns up and says they have dinner plans, not the sort of dinner normal people would have in mind. She later turns up at Elkin's house. He gets a gun out of his safe and she takes it. "Boys we're eating in tonight." Cue Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) in a cafe. Sam's looking for cases. Dean suggests they could go see Sarah and Sam thinks maybe someday, like never. Dean knows Elkin's name after finding it in Dad's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) journal. They drive to Colorado and Sam finds salt inside the door. Dean: "You mean like demon protection salt or 'oops I spilled the popcorn' salt." Oh Dean...what by the door. Sam says it's a ring of salt. Dean finds an empty gun case and blood,...