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It's his house, not yours.

Overview

An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Stephen Fry

    Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Hugh Laurie

    Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)

  3. Cast 1

    Freddie Highmore

    Henry Duke of Cheshire (voice)

  4. Cast 1

    Emily Carey

    Virginia Otis (voice)

  5. Cast 1

    Imelda Staunton

    Mrs Umney (voice)

  6. Cast 1

    Meera Syal

    Lucretia Otis (voice)

  7. Cast 1

    David Harewood

    Hiram Otis (voice)

  8. Cast 1

    Miranda Hart

    Algernean Van Finchley (voice)

  9. Cast 1

    Toby Jones

    The Reverend Chasuble (voice)

Well there's never going to be a better version of this than Charles Laughton's 1944 iteration, but this is still actually quite a watchable adaptation of Oscar Wilde's short story. It centres around an American family who relocate to creaky and spooky old "Canterville Chase" - a stately pile that is reputedly haunted by a menacing spectre. The "Otis" family have three children and after the odd eerie visitation, they become distinctly unafraid of their haunting buddy - indeed they are soon trying to find some way of helping "Sir Simon" to lift the curse that has trapped him in limbo for some ...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$10,000,000.00

Revenue $2,000,000.00

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