Altar (film)

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Altar
Directed by	Nick Willing
Starring	Olivia Williams; Matthew Modine; Antonia Clarke; Adam Thomas Wright; Steve Oram; Rebecca Calder;
Music by	Simon Boswell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Robert Halmi Sr, Robert Halmi jr, Jim Reeve, Hugo Heppell
Producer	Michele Camarda;
Cinematography	Jan Richter-Friis
Running time	95 minutes
Production company	Great Point Media
Original release
Release	27 December 2014

Altar (also known as The Haunting of Radcliffe House)^[1] is a 2014 British horror thriller film directed by Nick Willing from his original screenplay. It is about a British family who move into a dilapidated old manor house on the Yorkshire Moors, only to discover that it has a dark past. The film stars Olivia Williams as Meg Hamilton, Matthew Modine as Alec Hamilton, Antonia Clarke as Penny and Adam Thomas Wright as Harper.

Plot[edit]

The Hamilton family move into a large country house on the Yorkshire Moors to supervise its restoration from a dilapidated B&B to the original Victorian grandeur. When Meg Hamilton, wife, mother and renovation expert, loses first her London renovation team after an accident, then a local Yorkshire team too superstitious to continue, she is forced to carry on alone. The discovery of a secret attic room, a Rosicrucian mosaic, a bricked up root cellar and many other unexplainable events gradually convince Meg, her husband Alec and children Penny and Harper, that they are not only restoring the house, but also its original Victorian owners who died 150 years ago. Before they can escape, the house — and its former occupants — force them to spend one last, terrifying night under its roof.^[2]

Cast[edit]

Olivia Williams as Meg Hamilton
Matthew Modine as Alec Hamilton
Antonia Clarke as Penny Hamilton
Adam Thomas Wright as Harper Hamilton
Steve Oram as Nigel Lean
Rebecca Calder as Isabella
Stephen Chance as Chares Kendrick Walker
Richard Dillane as Greg

Release[edit]

Altar was premiered on 27 December 2014 as The Haunting of Radcliffe House on Channel 5 Television.^[1] Cinedigm and Great Point Media released the film on 17 February 2015 in the United States.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b The Haunting of Radcliffe House, Channel 5
^ Rackham, Jane. "The Haunting of Radcliffe House". Radio Times. Immediate Media.
^ Brad Miska (11 February 2015). "'Altar' Clip Writes Satanic Symbols In Blood". Bloody Disgusting.

External links[edit]

Altar at IMDb
Altar at Rotten Tomatoes

[channel5-1] The Haunting of Radcliffe House, Channel 5

[2] Rackham, Jane. "The Haunting of Radcliffe House". Radio Times. Immediate Media.

[3] Brad Miska (11 February 2015). "'Altar' Clip Writes Satanic Symbols In Blood". Bloody Disgusting.

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