
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.

Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)

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

Henry Duke of Cheshire (voice)

Virginia Otis (voice)

Mrs Umney (voice)

Lucretia Otis (voice)

Hiram Otis (voice)

Algernean Van Finchley (voice)

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