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Haunters of the Deep

Action & Adventure • Horror, Kids and Family, UR

Shot on location around the lonely, windswept coasts of Cornwall, this is an impressively ghostly adventure from the Children's Film Foundation. It remains a cautionary tale for profit-hungry modern miners, and the fine underground camera work effectively conveys all the creepy claustrophobia of the haunted 'Devil's Mine'.

Tags
Ghosts, Unexplained phenomena, Mines
Cast
Andrew Keir Captain Tregellis
Barbara Ewing Mrs Holman
Bob Sherman Roche
Crew
Andrew Bogle director

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