Released
The Haunting of Barney Palmer
March 28 1987 (almost 38 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Yvonne Mackay
- Genres: Family, Mystery
- Runtime: 54 m
- Country: New Zealand
- Company: The Gibson Group
The Haunting of Barney Palmer is a fantasy film for children about a young boy who is haunted by his great uncle. Young Barney fears that he has inherited the Scholar family curse; a suite of 80s-era effects ramp up the supernatural suspense. The film was a co-production between PBS (United States) and Wellington's Gibson Group, which resulted in Ned Beatty (Deliverance, Network) being cast. It was written by Margaret Mahy, based on her Carnegie Award-winning novel The Haunting, and an early fruitful collaboration between her and director Yvonne Mackay.
