Full Circle
Full Circle, released in the United States as The Haunting of Julia, is a 1977 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Loncraine, and starring Mia Farrow and Keir Dullea. Based on the novel Julia by the American writer Peter Straub, it is the first film realisation of one of his books, and follows a woman who, after the death of her daughter, finds herself haunted by the vengeful ghost of a young girl in her new home.
Plot
Julia Lofting, an American housewife living in London, inadvertently kills her daughter, Kate, while performing a botched tracheotomy after Kate begins choking during breakfast one morning. Kate's death traumatises Julia, and she soon separates from her husband, Magnus, and rents a large, fully-furnished house in Holland Park. In the house, Julia finds a second-floor room containing a child's possessions. Shortly after moving in, Julia begins to suspect Magnus is breaking into the house. In the park, she sees a young girl that she believes is Kate, but the child disappears. Unusual things take place in the house such as strange noises and appliances turning on by themselves. Later, Julia again sees the girl in the park and finds a mutilated turtle and knife where she stood.
More details
| author | Dave Humphries Harry Bromley Davenport |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Richard Loncraine |
| editor | Ron Wisman |
| genre | horror |
| keywords | alcoholic alcoholism animal sacrifice bleed break broken mirror castrate castration choke cut cymbal-banging clown toy cymbal-banging monkey toy even fall follow force gather german hate crime heart attack holland park inherently evil kill learn living room medium mediumship morning moving in murder mutilate new home problem of evil psychiatric home psychic psychic medium ritual killing sadistic sadistic personality disorder séance strange noise tracheotomy turn young boy young girl |
| musicBy | Colin Towns |
| productionCompany | Fetter Productions |
| publisher | Astral Films Cinema International Corporation |
| recordedAt | London |
| theme | ghost |