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      The Haunting of Julia

      R 1976 1 hr. 36 min. Horror List
      Reviews 58% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Magnus (Keir Dullea) and Julia Lofting (Mia Farrow) have a happy marriage until one morning when their daughter Kate (Sophie Ward) begins choking. Unsure what to do, Julia attempts a tracheotomy, inadvertently causing Kate's death. Julia heads to a sanitarium to recover, and when Magnus asks that she come home, she prefers to buy a new house in London and live alone there. Magnus frets over Julia's sanity, while Julia becomes convinced that her house is haunted by the spirit of a little girl. Read More Read Less

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      Peter W Overall, if you are seeking an old fashion ghost story, The Haunting of Julia / Full Circle is worth your viewing time. The film begins with drama, heartbreak and trauma that set the leading character on a mysterious and creepy journey. The atmosphere is outstanding and filled with unsettling tones and cleverness, along with high amounts of creativity in the filming style from Director Richard Loncraine. As the credits rolled, the journey left a strong, lasting impression and left me feeling both heavy-hearted and deeply amazed. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/14/23 Full Review Jonathan O The Haunting of Julia is really amazing chilling supernatural thriller and superb strong performance by Mia Farrow since Rosemary's Baby, the musical score is really chilling and haunting great cinematography and stylish costume design and great directing. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/14/23 Full Review lulu b I happened to find this little gem through youtube. It was a 1970s horror film and if anyone knows how to create a horror film it's the 1970s. It stars Mia Farrow who plays the young mother, Julia. It couldn't have been too far off from Rosemary's Baby as she still has the same Vidal Sassoon haircut. Again she is playing a vulnerable character but this one is not playing the victim. After suffering a horrific and sudden loss she finds herself wanting to start over on her own in a different place, a different house. She longs for independence from a suffocating marriage. Enter the house (I LOVE a house as a character)which is enticingly beautiful but with an extremely dark history. Spiritually and emotionally Julia becomes connected to the house and what it harbors. Ultimately the film asks the question, does evil ever die? Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/26/23 Full Review Brad P Dripping with atmosphere and anchored by a solid leading performance from Farrow, this is the kind of little-seen horror gem fans of the genre should be eager to see. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/17/23 Full Review adam b Other than Mia Farrows brilliance and that truly haunting final shot, this was mostly a slogfest. The paranormal activity was not scary (barely any at all) and really the whole mystery of the ghost that was finally unveiled wasn't anything groundbreaking for me. In all, watch if your a horror film completionist Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I loved it! Mia Farrow is fabulous in this role. The music was perfect. Creepiness factor was great. All the actors did a wonderful job. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Stays with you and makes you think. I recommend veiwing this film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Budd Wilkins Slant Magazine The Haunting of Julia is a melancholy and eerily ambiguous horror film. May 2, 2023 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ‘…(Full Circle) inhabits a creepy space somewhere between well-recognised touchstones The Exorcist and in particular, Don’t Look Now…’ Rated: 4/5 Apr 27, 2023 Full Review Kevin Carr Fat Guys at the Movies Dripping in 70s atmospheric horror tropes, this is a beautifully shot film with a compelling – if not a bit overwrought – story. Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 21, 2023 Full Review Emma Wolfe SpookyAstronauts I think it's very unsettling and I think that they did the ghost aspect really right... I love Mia Farrow in this role. Rated: 7/10 Oct 21, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Magnus (Keir Dullea) and Julia Lofting (Mia Farrow) have a happy marriage until one morning when their daughter Kate (Sophie Ward) begins choking. Unsure what to do, Julia attempts a tracheotomy, inadvertently causing Kate's death. Julia heads to a sanitarium to recover, and when Magnus asks that she come home, she prefers to buy a new house in London and live alone there. Magnus frets over Julia's sanity, while Julia becomes convinced that her house is haunted by the spirit of a little girl.
      Director
      Richard Loncraine
      Screenwriter
      Harry Bromley-Davenport, Dave Humphries
      Production Co
      Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Famous Players, Classic
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 19, 2016