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Release Date: 1988
Categories: Movies, Romance Film, Drama Film, Adventure, Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure
Paperhouse is a 1988 British dark fantasy film directed by Bernard Rose. It was based on the novel Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr. The film also stars Ben Cross as the heroine's father. Other actors of note in the film include Jane Bertish, Samantha Cahill, Glenne Headly and Gemma Jones. Paperhouse is notable for marking lead actress Charlotte Burke's only major film role. Elliott Spiers, who played 'Marc', made only two more films (The Storyteller, Taxandria). Unfortunately, after filming Taxandria Elliot became very ill from the side-effects of the anti-malaria medications and was... MORE
Paperhouse is a 1988 British dark fantasy film directed by Bernard Rose. It was based on the novel Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr. The film also stars Ben Cross as the heroine's father. Other actors of note in the film include Jane Bertish, Samantha Cahill, Glenne Headly and Gemma Jones. Paperhouse is notable for marking lead actress Charlotte Burke's only major film role. Elliott Spiers, who played 'Marc', made only two more films (The Storyteller, Taxandria). Unfortunately, after filming Taxandria Elliot became very ill from the side-effects of the anti-malaria medications and was not able to recover. He died at the Royal Free Hospital, in Hampstead, England, on the 15th January 1994 .
While suffering from glandular fever, 11-year-old Anna Madden draws a house. Disturbingly, when she falls asleep, she has dreams about what she draws. During her feverish dreams, she finds herself visiting the place. When she draws a face at the window, on her next visit she finds a crippled boy named Marc living in the house. From her doctor's conversation it turns out that Marc is a real person.
Anna sketches her father into the drawing so that he can help carry Marc away, but she LESS
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