Synopsis
After the mysterious death of his Aunt, a confirmed skeptic lawyer, Bryan Becket, dismisses reports that her house is haunted and moves in. Immediately occurrences begin he cannot explain. And beyond the occurrences there is something about the house which gnaws at Becket - some strange connection he senses he has with the house's past. Soon, the haunting turns personal.
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Cast
- Tim DalyBryan Becket
- Tom ArnoldSully
- Zoe SaldañaCassie
- Andrea RothRobin Becket
- Edward HerrmannShepard
- Robert ProskyFather Wymond
- Bruce AltmanDr. Koven
- Lea CocoDeputy Lura
- L.J. FoleyYoung Bryan Becket
- Christina RounerCourtroom Witness
Recommendations
- 40
Village Voice
Though a few scary skeletons (and one doll) rattle in and out of the film's closet, Bardwell is a slave to television lexicon, allowing Bryan and his lawyer buddy (Tom Arnold) to brave the banter of shrill detective comedies, and framing his images with all the brio of your average "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" episode. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
It's all an earnest effort, three decades too late. - 40
Los Angeles Times
Old-fashioned in the worst sense, Bardwell's ghost story is heavy on Freud, light on fear. - 30
The New York Times
The Skeptic turns into a cut-and-dried Freudian melodrama that gives repressed memory a supernatural dimension. I'll take a bunch of teenagers terrorized by chain-saw-wielding zombies any day.
