Ghost Son is a 2007 Italian horror-thriller film, written and directed by Lamberto Bava[1][2][dead link][3][better source needed] and produced by Pino Gargiulo.

Ghost Son
Directed byLamberto Bava
Written byLamberto Bava
Produced byPino Gargiulo, Enzo Giulioli, Marco Guidone, Terence S. Potter, Jacqueline Quella, Gianni Ricci, Paul Raleigh, Liza Essers, Enrico Coletti, Richard Green[citation needed]
Starring
CinematographyDavide Bassan
Music bySimon Boswell
Distributed byMoviemax
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
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Running time
96 minutes
CountriesItaly
Spain
United Kingdom[citation needed]
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Stacey and Mark have recently married and are deeply in love with each other. They live on Mark's farm in South Africa. When Mark dies in a car accident, the widow Stacey misses him and decides to stay with their orphan teenage maid, Thandi, on the farm. Later, her friend and doctor Doc finds that Stacey is pregnant. After a complicated delivery, Stacey notes that her baby in some moments seems to be possessed by the spirit of Mark, trying to kill her to bring her to spend eternity with him.

Cast

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  • Laura Harring as Stacey
  • John Hannah as Mark
  • Pete Postlethwaite as Doc
  • Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni as Beth
  • Mosa Kaiser as Thandi
  • Susanna Laura Ruedenberg as pediatrician
  • Jake David Matthewson as Martin
  • Mary Twala as Leleti
  • Vanessa Cooke as gynecologist
  • Jeremiah Ndlovu as Bongani

Reception

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The film received poor response in Italy, with negative reviews in the Corriere della Sera and Il Messaggero.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Sciallis, Elvezio. "Ghost Son - Review". La Tela Nerva (in Italian). Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. ^ Izzi, Alessandro. "Ghost Son - Review". Close Up (in Italian). Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ^ Ghost Son (2007) | MUBI, retrieved 28 December 2023
  4. ^ "Ghost Son" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
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