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The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
director: Jerry London actor: Sela Ward / Michael Woods
other title: Im Bann des Todes / L'obsession de Sarah Hardy
Sela Ward stars as beautiful, vulnerable heiress Sarah Hardy, recently wed and returning to her isolated childhood home, The Pines, to claim her vast inheritance. But something – or someone – evil waits there for her. It could be real. Or imagined. Whatever it is , it wants to drive Sarah into madness. And on the other side of madness lies murder. Featuring a tour de force performances by Morgan Fairchild and Polly Bergen, The Haunting of Sarah Hardy is sheer gothic suspense at its most wicked.
The Sender (1982) [Movie] IMDb Douban WikiData TMDB
The Sender
director: 罗杰·克里斯蒂安 actor: 凯思琳·哈罗德 / 泽利科·伊万内克
other title: 异形入侵 / ザ・センダー/恐怖の幻想人間
A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him.
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Journey to the Center of the Earth
director: T.J. Scott actor: 瑞克·斯克路德 / 维多利亚·普拉特
other title: 地心游记 / 잃어버린 세계를 찾아서 2: 지구 속 여행
It's always difficult for me to watch a movie after having read the book it's allegedly based upon. Anyways, I decided to try this one, and I have to say I can't find any part of it that'd be based on the Jules Verne novel (except the title, of course). It's amazing to see how professor Otto Lidenbrock from Hamburg became Jonathan Brock, his nephew Axel became Abel, how his Danish guide Hans Bjelke morphed into Sergei Petrov, and how the expedition that originally started in ICELAND at the end of June, suddenly changed to Alaska in September. But most important is the complete lack of respect for the original plot and its characters, to the point that the movie shares nothing with the book they say it follows. I do understand that most books can not be adapted faithfully to the screen, but there's a difference between taking a few creative licences and making a completely different story. So, I'd like to ask Mr. William Gray to, PLEASE, read the book before saying his script is based upon it, or otherwise take the credits (and responsibilities) of signing his own stories.