Protraph Lack of good storyline.

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

jrlauer The original story line was of a writer who moved into this supposed haunted house in hopes of sparking an idea for a new novel. He is haunted in his dreams by the ghost of a young girl who lures him into the cellar. Over a period of about a month and creative investigation on the houses history, he discovers that a young girl, who was 15 years old at the turn of the century, became pregnant by her boyfriend. The father was so ashamed and so enraged by his daughters behavior, that he walled her up alive down in the cellar. Nearly a hundred years goes by before her story is learned by our writer. He opens up the wall in the cellar and finds a cavity that has been exposed to the elements. The odd noises he heard during the previous month seems to have been coming from this cavity. He decides its all in his imagination, and that it could make a good book. What he doesn't see is that there is another room off to the side of the cavity that contains a skeleton of a young girl. This movie was based on a short story entitled "The Hidden Truth". And was written by yours truly in 1987.

asmallersapphyre In the past I thought only the British could make a good ghost story. I was wrong. This is a wonderfully dark, atmospheric movie that thrills, chills and even in moments, sparks a giggle. My only regret is that it's not (yet) available in DVD format. Perhaps that will be rectified. In the meantime if you love ghost stories as much as I do you'll need to add this one to your collection. Kristy McNichol plays an endearing part as a budding writer and possible love interest of Terry O'Quinn who plays a widowed writer who buys a house and is soon confronted by his past ... his forgotten past. It's a really great story and an excellent movie all around. Well written, beautiful photography, and excellent acting which is unusual these days. Hope to see this one on DVD one day!

Woodyanders The always outstanding Terry ("The Stepfather," "Pin") O'Quinn gives a typically vivid, intense and beautifully wrought performance as Bob Anderson, an affable and eccentric novelist who smokes raunchy cigars, wears a fedora and suffers from writer's block because of the recent untimely death of his wife. Bob moves into a creepy, decrepit old Victorian house that's haunted by the dangerously seductive and melancholy spirit of murdered, adulterous 19th century housewife Evelyn James (a fine, sultry debut performance by Blair Parker, a voluptuous, raven-haired brunette beauty who looks quite delectable sans clothes). Evelyn wants the troubled, on edge Bob to kill himself and join her in the after life so she won't be lonely and unloved anymore. Writer/director Phillip Badger does an adept job of creating and sustaining an appropriately brooding, spooky atmosphere, the story may not be especially novel, but it's constantly absorbing throughout, the ever-spunky Kristy McNichol contributes an appealing turn as a concerned neighbor, grossly underused late, great flash-in-the-pan 80's scream queen Elisabeth ("The Howling," "Deep Space") Brooks has a nice cameo as a foxy night club torch singer, the movie offers an almost painfully poignant, trenchant and accurate examination of how maddening loneliness can become, and the startlingly bleak conclusion packs a potent emotional punch. Eerie, erotic and refreshingly offbeat, "The Forgotten One" qualifies as an extremely well-done and undeservedly neglected little fright film sleeper.

moonspinner55 Writer Terry O'Quinn moves into a house haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman; with help from brash neighbor Kristy McNichol, he gets to the bottom of the mystery. Straight-to-tape item is a stylish low-budget effort aimed at thinking adults. There are erotic undercurrents that are not explored (curious, since the apparition is mostly seen nude), and relationships that seem half-baked, but O'Quinn is excellent here (with no "Stepfather" overtones). It's also a chance to see McNichol do good work before her youthful retirement. Not especially memorable or thrilling, but patient viewers will find some subtle surprises. **1/2 from ****