The Haunting of Barney Palmer (1987)

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 80sera effects ramp up the supernatural suspense The film was a coproduction between PBS United States and Wellingtons Gibson Group which resulted in Ned Beatty Deliverance Network being cast It was written by Margaret Mahy based on her Carnegie Awardwinning novel The Haunting and an early fruitful collaboration between her and director Yvonne Mackay