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The Changeling
Directed by Peter Medak
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. From TMDB
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The Changeling is a 1980 horror film, directed by Peter Medak, starring George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere and Melvyn Douglas.
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60 of 260 · most liked firstThe Changeling (1980) Directed by Peter Medak starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. Martin Scorsese included this movie on his Top 11 Scariest Horror Films of all time list.
neutral · AI labelView post →got invited as a guest artist to make a piece for @studioadore.bsky.social indie animated short film called THE CHANGELING, a wlw shoujo horror 🦋
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 46 years ago (May 28, 1980) the psychological horror film "The Changeling" premiered in Canadian and American theatres! Directed by Peter Medak, it stars George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh, John Colicos, Barry Morse & Madeleine Sherwood. Cinematography by John Coquillon.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Changeling (1980) Directed by Peter Medak starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. Martin Scorsese included this movie on his Top 11 Scariest Horror Films of all time list.
neutral · AI labelView post →Share your fave: Vampire Movie: Near Dark Zombie Movie: Dead And Buried Haunting Movie: The Changeling Creature Feature: Tremors Found Footage: Noroi Slasher: Black Christmas '74 Cosmic Horror: The Thing '82 Psychological Horror: Red Rooms Horror Comedy: Evil Dead 2
neutral · AI labelView post →The Changeling (1980) 🎬🖤 Directed by Peter Medak
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie recommendation for tonight, The Changeling I recommended a particularly mean and nasty movie last night, so tonight I'm suggesting something relatively bloodless, but it's one of the best haunted house movies I've ever seen, it's brooding and the central mystery is deeply compelling.
positive · AI labelView post →oooh I like this Vampire Movie: Near Dark Zombie Movie: Dead Alive Haunting Movie: The Changeling Creature Feature: Alien if it counts, The Thing if not Found Footage: Lake Mungo Slasher: You're Next Cosmic Horror: The Empty Man Psychological Horror: Get Out Horror Comedy: Evil Dead 2
neutral · AI labelView post →The Changeling (1980) Directed by Peter Medak. Starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. Martin Scorsese included this movie on his Top 11 Scariest Horror Films of all time list.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s scary movie: THE CHANGELING (1980), directed by Peter Medak
neutral · AI labelView post →The Changeling (1980) Directed by Peter Medak. Starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. Martin Scorsese included this movie on his Top 11 Scariest Horror Films of all time list.
neutral · AI labelView post →For those who asked, here are some other excellent haunted house movies from around the world Hausu from Japan the original Paranormal Activity A Tale of Two Sisters The Orphanage Lake Mungo (an amazing film) The Innocents The Changeling The Devil's Backbone
neutral · AI labelView post →Saddened by the news that Peter Medak has passed away. THE CHANGELING is a formative horror movie for myself & so many others. I wrote about it last year - this is open to everyone (it was from my previous site): from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/45-years-lat...
positive · AI labelView post →The First Four "Star Trek" Films Return to Theaters For 1 Week Only to Celebrate the Franchise's 60th Anniversary. > More than 750 theaters across the U.S. will screen restored 4K presentations of classic Star Trek films paired with episodes of STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES making their theatrical debut, from Sept. 4-8. Fans attending will also have the first opportunity to purchase limited-edition Star Trek “Enterprise” popcorn vessels and commemorative drink cups at participating theaters,…
neutral · AI labelView post →The Changeling (1980) Directed by Peter Medak. Starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. Martin Scorsese included this movie on his Top 11 Scariest Horror Films of all time list. #FilmSky #MovieSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Fave horror film from each year of the 80s 80: The Changeling 81: The Evil Dead 82: The Thing 83: Christine 84: Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter 85: Day of the Dead 86: Are we counting Aliens? If not, Little Shop of Horrors 87: The Lost Boys 88: Hellbound: Hellraiser II 89: The 'Burbs
neutral · AI labelView post →Peter Medak, the man who directed the first movie to scare the shit out of me when I was like 8 years old (“The Changeling”) has died. He made a number of great movies and “The Ghost of Peter Sellers” was a revelation. RIP. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight's film The Changeling (1980)
neutral · AI labelView post →THE CHANGELING is an all-timer horror film; one I revisit every Halloween. In fact, I haven't revisited it yet this year; time to rectify that. One of those directors that, when you list his work to film fans, they start smiling and nodding. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight’s #NowWatching spooky film is another Canadian psychological horror. ‘The Changeling (1980)’ #filmsky #horrorsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Check out our review of The Changeling (1980). An underrated ghost story that is perfect horror viewing for Halloween 🎃🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #HalloweenWeek youtu.be/ybORQ0ODkCw?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorite horror movie for every year of the 1980s: 1980 - The Changeling 1981 - Possession 1982 - Poltergeist 1983 - Psycho II 1984 - Nightmare on Elm Street 1985 - Return of the Living Dead 1986 - Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives 1987 - Predator 1988 - Halloween 4 1989 - Society
neutral · AI labelView post →#nowwatching The Changeling (1980). Another classic ghost movie to cross off the list. #horrorsky
neutral · AI labelView post →We just lost Peter Medak, the director of perhaps the greatest haunted house movie ever made — and a wonderful, kind person. If you’re a horror fan and haven’t seen THE CHANGELING, this Halloween week is the perfect time to do it. RIP, Maestro.
positive · AI labelView post →The Changeling (1980) Director: Peter Medak a genuinely creepy haunted house movie with George C Scott being all George C Scott-y
neutral · AI labelView post →Closing out the night with my favorite supernatural psychological horror film, The Changeling.
positive · AI labelView post →Friday night, 9.05pm= a horror double bill on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social; before Bob Clark's 1972 Canadian entry Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, #CarolineMunro's The Cellar Club have Peter Medak's spooky cult chiller from 1980, The Changeling. #TPTV film-authority.com/2026/10/09/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Peter Medak, Director of ‘The Changeling’ and ‘The Krays,’ Dies at 88.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh shit rest in peace Peter Medak. A WILD career. I asked him once what if anything he changed in his approach to material when making something like Species 2 and he was like “whataya mean?” I’m like dude that movie has puppets screaming out of women’s stomachs, it’s insane. It’s not The Changeling
positive · AI labelView post →I wrote about The Changeling for the upcoming Fall issue of @moviejawn.com, which you can pre-order here! www.moviejawn.com/shop/fall-2026
neutral · AI labelView post →Stopped by the thrift store on the way home and I found a copy of my favorite haunted supernatural horror film, The Changeling.
positive · AI labelView post →Now rewatching one of the scariest movies ever made. The Changeling (1980). Directed by the recently departed, Peter Medak. George C Scott brilliant as always. Great movie!
positive · AI labelView post →john carpenter's Christine is the classic horror movie about a car but the thing is like 68% of horror movies are about a car The Descent: car Hereditary: car The Changeling: car
neutral · AI labelView post →Seeing The Changeling at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social tonight managed to turn a movie I liked into a film I love.
positive · AI labelView post →Late to commenting on this, but sad to learn director Peter Medak passed away. The Changeling is an all-timer and a personal favorite haunter. Can’t overstate the influence Medak and that film had on the genre. R.I.P. 🖤
positive · AI labelView post →Peter Medak, he man who directed the first movie to scare the shit out of me when I was like 8 years old (“The Changeling”) has died. He made a number of great movies and “The Ghost of Peter Sellers” was a revelation. RIP. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
positive · AI labelView post →I'm a third of the way through the movie The Changeling and I've already grown fond of the house 🥹 "it's not that the house doesn't want to be inhabited, it's desperate to communicate"
positive · AI labelView post →I usually binge movies on my birthday, and this year I opted to follow the AMC Theatres program for this month's #StarTrek movie re-releases. So far I've watched The Changeling and TMP, Space Seed and TWOK, and Amok Time. Will be watching Search for Spock shortly.
neutral · AI labelView post →::: spoiler Spoilers for films plus episodes - Star Trek: The Motion Picture + S02E03 "The Changeling", both have similar plots, an Earth space probe merges with an alien and causes problems. - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan + S01E22 "Space Seed", the episode introduces "Khan Noonien Singh" who is ultimately defeated. The "wrath" of Khan is his revenge film. Basically the film is a sequel to the episode. - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock + S02E01 "Amok Time", the episode largely deals…
neutral · AI labelView post →Share your fave: Vampire Movie: The Lost Boys Zombie Movie: Dead And Buried Haunting Movie: The Changeling Creature Feature: The Thing Found Footage: REC Slasher: Dream Home Cosmic Horror: Mandy Psychological Horror: Red Rooms Horror Comedy: Society
neutral · AI labelView post →Share your fave: Vampire Movie: Fright Night Zombie Movie: Return of the Living Dead Haunting Movie: The Changeling Creature Feature: Pumpkinhead Found Footage: The Blair Witch Project Slasher: Halloween Cosmic Horror: Prince of Darkness Psychological Horror: Session 9 Horror Comedy: Behind the Mask
neutral · AI labelView post →And just at the end of the 70s we get the BEST haunted house movie EVER. No, not THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (which is great) but THE CHANGELING (1980) with George C. Scott. The last great horror movie of a decade that had so many. Holy shit. www.imdb.com/title/tt0080...
positive · AI labelView post →Huh, my local AMC is doing a thing where they play a TOS movie, but with a similarly themed TOS episode before it. AKA they'll play The Changeling and then The Motion Picture, or Space Seed and the Wrath of Khan. That's a pretty neat concept.
neutral · AI labelView post →On March 26, 1980, The Changeling premiered at the USA Film Festival.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching, Curtains (1983). After watching the amazing Canadian film, The Changeling, I was in the mood for another Canadian horror film. This Canuxploitation classic will fit the bill.
positive · AI labelView post →Vampire Movie: 30 Days of Night Zombie Movie: Night of the Living Dead '90 Haunting Movie: The Changeling Creature Feature: Maximum Overdrive (IT COUNTS!) Found Footage: Man Finds Tape Slasher: Black Christmas '74 Cosmic Horror: The Empty Man Psychological: Session 9 Horror Comedy: Evil Dead 2
neutral · AI labelView post →My CED/SelectaVision copy of THE CHANGELING, in front of my Akai reel to reel which is almost an identical model as seen in the film. RIP Peter Medak
neutral · AI labelView post →Echoing everything others have said about THE CHANGELING. Maybe the freakiest seance scene I’ve seen in a horror movie?
positive · AI labelView post →Medak earned a reputation across his six-decade career as an “actors’ director,” resulting in 27 features with such acclaimed films as The Changeling (1980) with George C. Scott, The Krays (1990), Let Him Have It (1991) and Romeo is Bleeding (1993) with Gary Oldman.
neutral · AI labelView post →Favourite horror movie for every year of the 1980s: 1980 - The Changeling 🏏 1981 - AAWIL 🐺 1982 - The Thing 🧊 1983 - Something Wicked This Way Comes 💈 1984 - F13: The Final Chapter 🍌 1985 - Fright Night 🕺 1986 - The Hitcher 🍟 1987 - Evil Dead II 🪚 1988 - Waxwork 🕯️ 1989 - Dead Calm 🛶
neutral · AI labelView post →I love the Changeling. Such a good film. #frightclub
positive · AI labelView post →Underrated film in many ways. Great story. Alice was captivating. The locations terrific (upstate NY), exquisite score by Philipe Sarde. Made during a bit of a horror resurgence and the great older actors made the best of it. The Changeling with George C Scott another from that time.
positive · AI labelView post →Vampire Film: Bram Stoker's Dracula Zombie Film: Scooby Doo Zombie Island Haunting Film: The Changeling Creature Film: Lake Placid Found Footage: Saiko! The Large Family Slasher: Nightmare on Elm Street Cosmic Horror: The Thing Psych. Horror: Shutter Island Horror Comedy: Supernatural x Scooby Doo
neutral · AI labelView post →Lake Mungo messed me up in the best way. Also, heck yeah, The Changeling! I was not ready for how good that movie actually was.
positive · AI labelView post →💔 Rest well Peter Medak (1937-2026), a filmmaker whose work was most recently featured on our screens via his 1980 film THE CHANGELING (a selection in our series Bibliomania: A Preface to CHRONOVISOR).
neutral · AI labelView post →RIP Peter Medak, director of one of my favourite films, one of the greatest cinema ghost stories, the genuinely chilling and moving 'The Changeling' (1980). It was the inaugural film in my Same Log series with @elliotchapman.bsky.social & @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social youtu.be/45T75U5i9kw?...
positive · AI labelView post →#defconmovienight continues to bring the spooky with 1980’s ‘The Changeling’. Join us in the movie-night-text channel of the Discord (discord.gg/defcon) Saturday 8pm Pacific Time for some haunted house action. We’ll be keeping a low profile with all the lights on. #defcon
neutral · AI labelView post →youtu.be/NnzHnySkhPU?... "The Changeling" Best ghost movie ever!
positive · AI labelView post →209. Revisited an old favorite from high school era-CC, The Changeling letterboxd.com/cckirby/film...
positive · AI labelView post →The Changeling is an excellent movie
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