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Writer Lawrence B. Larry Marcus loosely adapted the screenplay from a famous short story, The Overcoat by Gogol. The story was originally published in Russia in , but was not translated into English until , five years before this teleplay.

Watching the episode demonstrates why Buster was a fine choice. His stoic but expressive face projects a resignation that fits the part well. His low, gruff baritone voice is also remarkable. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves. Florence Cathcart : Not seeing them, it's not the same as forgetting. Is it? Sign In. Play trailer Horror Thriller. Director Nick Murphy. Stephen Volk screenplay Nick Murphy screenplay.

Top credits Director Nick Murphy. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer The Awakening. Clip Photos Top cast Edit. Nick Murphy. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. And a young boy named Tom Isaac Hempstead-Wright , the only student in residence, because his parents live in far-away India. Maud tells Florence that she takes no truck in nonsense about ghosts and has read her book many times. Malcolm enthusiastically flogs Tom for an obscure transgression.

Edward skulks about ominously. Robert assists Florence as she installs ghost traps, including cameras rigged to fire automatically, powders to capture footprints and delicate instruments to measure something or other. All of this takes place within the gloomy manse, with its endless corridors and doors leading to doors leading to doors.

The film's best accomplishment is its art direction, and the shadowy cinematography that keeps seeing young ghost boys who evaporate. A proud atheist, Rebecca doesn't believe in an afterlife, but nevertheless she's soon scared out of her wits by such manifestations as a dollhouse modeled on Rockford School, through the windows of which she can glimpse dolls who seem to represent all of the characters on the premises.

The screenplay by Stephen Volk and the director, Nick Murphy , never clearly explains these events, or wants to. Halfway through, my money is on the brutal teacher Malcolm McNair, who I speculate beat a child to death and is now trying to pin the murder on a ghost. With an Agatha Christie cast like this, you can never entirely rule out the kindly matron.

Only the groundskeeper Judd is probably uninvolved, because he looks too guilty. Your Daily Blend of Entertainment News. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands.

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