16:9 widescreen format Documentaries: "Making of Urban Ghost Story" and "The Real Urban Ghost Story" Audio commentaries by producer Chris Jones and director Genevieve Jolliffe Deleted scenes (with commentary) Separate music score with gallery Interactive menus Scene selection Optional Spanish subtitles Audio: DD
Rating: R Genre: Drama Release Date: 04/27/2004 SubTitles: Espanol Dubbed: English Sound: DD Run Time: 86 min Distributor/Studio: MTI Home Video
Genevieve Jolliffe directed this British supernatural drama set in Glasgow. A joyride car crash almost leads to the death of 12-year-old Lizzie (Heather Ann Foster) who lives with her mother Kate (Stephanie Buttle) and with her brother and younger sister in a seedy apartment building. When Lizzie returns home, she begins experiencing strange and unexplained phenomena in the apartment With police and a social worker (Siri O'Neal) ill-equipped to deal with poltergeist activity, Kate turns for help to journalist John Fox (Jason Connery) who sees it as a hoax and types it as a tabloid tale. However, after university parapsychologists arrive on the scene, scientific tests indicate that mother and daughter deserve serious scrutiny. Filmed with a blow-up from Super-16 and shot at southeast England locations with interiors at Ealing Film Studios. Shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival.