Haunted (1995 film)

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.

As David investigates he starts to come across happenings that go against everything he believes in and things start getting strange and he can't keep blaming it on practical jokes for long... while being overly suspicious of the siblings, Christina, Simon and Robert, he finds himself quickly drawn to Christina which Robert doesn't seem very fond of.

A book by James Herbert, 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.

Tropes in this work:

 * Adaptation Expansion: Arguable but the major plot points of the story are incredibly different between the film and the novel, giving different twists and stories. For example, in the novel  whereas in the film.
 * The Alcoholic: In the novel, David is one but he was cleaned up for the film and Simon is one in both.
 * The Atoner: David, after the death of his sister.
 * Big Brother Instinct: Robert clearly wants to protect Christina when it comes to David.
 * Brother-Sister Incest:.
 * Cruel and Unusual Death: As it turns out in the novel,.
 * Dark Secret: The secrets of the Mariell family,, and David's secret.
 * Dead Little Sister: David's sister, Juliet. While technically his twin she remains young in his visions..
 * Driven to Suicide: In the novel,.
 * Drowning My Sorrows: In the novel, David did this routinely.
 * Dysfunctional Family: The Mariell family.
 * Every Car Is a Pinto: A mighty big explosion for one little crashed car.
 * Evil Twin: In the novel, David believes the haunting to come from Christina's twin sister playing jokes on everybody except
 * Ghostly Goals: In the novel,.
 * In the film,.
 * Jacob Marley Apparel: Juliet still looks like a young girl while her alive twin brother, David, is rather old.
 * Haunted House: Edbrook Manor.
 * Man On Fire: In the novel, . Of course,.
 * My Sister Is Off-Limits:
 * Pyromaniac: In the novel,.
 * Revenge: In the novel,.
 * In both versions this is also why.
 * The Shrink: Dr Doyle.
 * Stringy Haired Ghost Girl: Juliet.
 * Sympathetic Murderer:.
 * Twist Ending:.
 * Twist Ending:.