Julia’s investigation into the strange occurrences that plague her new home lead her to believe that a ghost is forcing people to carry out revenge on its behalf, although their deaths more often come in the form of The Omen-esque freak accidents. The grief-stricken mother separates from her callous husband ( Keir Dullea, 2001: A Space Odyssey) and buys a large, fully furnished house in an attempt to separate herself from the past. (The Heimlich maneuver, first published in medical journals three years prior, was not widely known at the time.) Like much of the violence in the film, the incident is implied rather than shown, leaving it to haunt the viewer much like Julia.
Scream Factory shines a well-needed light on the atmospheric chiller with a new 4K UHD + Blu-ray edition.īookended by harrowing scenes, the film opens with Julia Lofting (Farrow) desperately attempting to save her choking daughter ( Sophie Ward, Young Sherlock Holmes) by performing an emergency tracheotomy, only to inadvertently kill the young girl. Although ostensibly a haunted house tale, its ambiguity also allows it to be viewed as a dramatic character study.
The two genre efforts in which she starred are exemplary horror movies of their respective eras while Rosemary’s Baby has been widely lauded since its release in 1968 (Roman Polanski’s personal life controversies notwithstanding), The Haunting of Julia– known internationally as Full Circle – is a hidden gem ripe for rediscovery.īased on Peter Straub’s 1975 novel Julia, the 1977 British film is directed by Richard Loncraine ( Firewall, Wimbledon) and written by Dave Humphries ( Quadrophenia), with Xtro filmmaker Harry Bromley Davenport receiving a “based on an adaptation by” credit. With a long and successful career spanning genres, Mia Farrow may not be considered a horror icon, but she’s certainly deserving of the title in terms of quality over quantity.
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