Patrick Stewart, Neve Campbell, Joan Sims

When Professor Hiram Otis gets a research grant to study in England, his family is thrilled to learn that they will ive in a real castle called Caterville Hall. The castle's most notable feature turns...( read more  read more... ) out ot be the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville, who died 400 years ago, visible only to Virginia Otis, 16, and her two younger brothers.

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PG, 92 minutes

Directed by: Syd Macartney

Release Date: January 27, 1996

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DVD Release Date: August 31, 2004

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  • March 14, 2008
    I only enjoyed it cause I fancied Neve Campbell but a worthy remake.
  • October 21, 2009
    I fell asleep a couple times watching this movie
  • October 18, 2009
    It is definitely a family film and as much as I enjoy the story by Oscar Wilde, this version of it is a bit disappointing. Maybe i'll see a better adaptation with the Charles Laughton version.
  • January 10, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • December 10, 2008
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • October 30, 2008
    A good movie w/a great story!
  • October 11, 2008
    Very tame version of Oscar Wilde's short-story - but a good one for family viewing. Patrick Stewart was so good as the ghost here, it's a wonder what he might have been able to do with a bigger budget film; but none the less a favorite old story of mine and not bad for a TV vers...( read more)ion, also staring Neve Campbell as the 'young gentle girl' to bring peace to that Canterville ghost.
  • July 19, 2008
    Patrick Steward plays Sir Simon of Canterville, remorseful at losing his wife, shoulders blame that was not his to bear, his in-laws seek a witch to kill him and turn him into a ghost, to forever dwell upon his role in his beloved's death. Neve Campbell plays a girl barely mid-te...( read more)ens, who helps him learn/find what he needs to cross-over.
  • May 19, 2008
    holy shit! lol...i'd totally watch this.

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