The Returning

The Returning (1990)

An obsessive ghost love story

  • Genre: Horror, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1990-12-10
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: New Zealand Film Commission
  • Production Country: New Zealand
  • Director: John Day
star 6.2/10
From 1 Ratings
5.5

Summary

A successful city lawyer abandons his practice and heads out to the country. There he comes upon a stately, but neglected, homestead. He moves in, and during his first night a beautiful ghostly woman makes love to him, in his sleep. Soon his dreams become more engrossing than his everyday world and girlfriend. Gradually he unravels the tragedy of his spirit lovers' past. To respond to her call, he needs to embrace the hearafter.

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  • Phillip Gordon

    as Alan Steadman
  • Alison Routledge

    as Jessica Scott
  • Max Cullen

    as Father Donohue
  • Jim Moriarty

    as George
  • John Ewart

    as Steadman Senior
  • Grant Tilly

    as Dr. Pitts
  • Jenny Ryken

    as Charlotte Heatherington
  • Frank Whitten

    as Mr Spiggs
  • Judie Douglass

    as Miriam
Editing Simon Clothier Editor
Costume & Make-Up Christine West Costume Design
Sound Clive Cockburn Original Music Composer
Writing Clinton Phillips Screenplay
Art Mike Becroft Production Design
Directing John Day Director
Writing John Day Screenplay
Production Trishia Downie Producer
Camera Kevin Hayward Director of Photography

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