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The Changeling (1980) [R]

Release Date:
March 28, 1980

Original Title:
The Changeling

Alternate Titles:
A Troca
Al final de la escalera
Das Grauen - The Changeling
El intermediario del diablo
O Intermediário do Diabo
Sustitución Macabra
The Changeling - Das Grauen

Genres:
Horror

Production Companies:
Chessman Park Productions

Production Countries:
Canada

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  CA: R  ES: 12  FI: K-16  FR: 12  MX: C  NL: 16  NO: 18  PT: M/16  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 105

Whatever you do… Don't go into the attic

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After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.

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Production

Art Direction:
Reuben Freed

Casting:
Geri Windsor
Barbara Claman

Costume Design:
Roberta Weiner

Director:
Peter Medak

Director of Photography:
John Coquillon

Editor:
Lilla Pedersen

Executive Producer:
Andrew G. Vajna
Mario Kassar

Hairstylist:
Salli Bailey

Makeup Designer:
Linda A. Brown

Music Arranger:
Kenneth Wannberg

Original Music Composer:
Rick Wilkins
Howard Blake

Producer:
Joel B. Michaels
Garth H. Drabinsky

Production Design:
Trevor Williams

Production Manager:
James Margellos

Screenplay:
William Gray
Diana Maddox

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Ted Voigtlander

Set Decoration:
Keith Pepper

Sound Effects Designer:
Robert Grieve
Dennis Drummond
Patrick Drummond

Sound Mixer:
Karl Scherer
James Pilcher

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Dino Pigat
Austin Grimaldi
Joe Grimaldi

Special Effects Coordinator:
Gene Grigg

Still Photographer:
Philip Hersee

Story:
Russell Hunter

Supervising Editor:
Lou Lombardo

Wardrobe Designer:
Albert Wolsky

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