History Literature / Haunted1988

* CallForward: In the film, the Marriells' car narrowly avoids the ghost of David's young sister Juliet. Successive ''Literature/TheGhostOfSleath'' features a similar near-collision.

A book by Creator/JamesHerbert, [[TheFilmOfTheBook it was adapted into a film in 1995]] directed by Creator/LewisGilbert starring Aidan Quinn and Creator/KateBeckinsale. Major plot points were changed between the novel and the film; reading the book doesn't spoil the film, vis versa. The key element is the same but the backstory is incredibly different.

** Later, when Christina drives David back from the local pub, [[spoiler: he looks up to find half of her face a mass of scorched gristle, with one starkly exposed eyeball. She soon reverts to her violent schizophrenia.

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[[RecurringCharacter David Ash]], after the death of his sister, has spent his entire life trying to disprove the existence of ghosts. He is invited to spend some time with the Mariell family to comfort their panicking nanny. With her declining health, she seems convinced that the ghost of the adult siblings' dead mother is haunting the Manor.

A book by Creator/JamesHerbert, [[TheFilmOfTheBook it was adapted into a film in 1995]] staring Aidan Quinn and Kate Beckinsale. Major plot points were changed between the novel and the film; reading the book doesn't spoil the film, vis versa. The key element is the same but the backstory is incredibly different.

David Ash, after the death of his sister, has spent his entire life trying to disprove the existence of ghosts. He is invited to spend some time with the Mariell family to comfort their panicking nanny. With her declining health, she seems convinced that the ghost of the adult siblings' dead mother is haunting the Manor.

A book by Creator/JamesHerbert, [[TheFilmOfTheBook it was adapted into a film in 1995]] staring Aidan Quinn and Kate Beckinsale. Major plot points where changed between the novel and the film; reading the book doesn't spoil the film, vis versa. The key element is the same but the backstory is incredibly different.

A book by James Herbert, [[TheFilmOfTheBook it was adapted into a film in 1995]] staring Aidan Quinn and Kate Beckinsale. Major plot points where changed between the novel and the film; reading the book doesn't spoil the film, vis versa. The key element is the same but the backstory is incredibly different.

* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong: Christina, Simon and Robert are the ghosts who are haunting Nanny Tess. They wanted to make David suffer as well. In the book, it's explained that actually his dead sister, Juliet, (also a ghost) was in on the plan as well because she wanted some revenge on him for murdering her. And the Doctor, he was dead as well.]]

* DeadLittleSister: David's sister, Juliet. While technically his twin she remains young in his visions. [[spoiler: And he was the one who killed her]].

* TheShrink: Dr Doyle, who David sees when starts questioning his sanity. [[spoiler: Though he is dead.]]

* EvilTwin: In the novel, David believes the haunting to come from Christina's twin sister playing jokes on everybody except [[spoiler: the family claims Christina had a mentally unsound sister who caused all of the problems caused by her schizophrenia, not Christina herself.]]
* GhostlyGoals: In the novel, [[spoiler: Juliet wants revenge on her brother for murdering her and the siblings just wanted to torment Nanny Tess]].

* MySisterIsOffLimits: [[spoiler: For a different reason than it first appears...]]

* TheShrink: Dr Doyle. [[spoiler: Though he is dead...]]

* DrivenToSuicide: In the novel, [[spoiler: to some extent, Christina, when she set the house on fire as a child]].

* {{Revenge}}: In the novel, [[spoiler: this is Juliet's reason for having David sent to the house]].