The Haunting of Barney Palmer

6.1

/10

54mAction & Adventure Fantasy Family Mystery Drama Science-Fiction Thriller

The Haunting of Barney Palmer is a fantasy film for children about a young boy who is haunted by his great uncle. Young Barney fears that he has inherited the Scholar family curse; a suite of 80s-era effects ramp up the supernatural suspense. The film was a co-production between PBS (United States) and Wellington's Gibson Group, which resulted in Ned Beatty (Deliverance, Network) being cast. It was written by Margaret Mahy, based on her Carnegie Award-winning novel The Haunting, and an early fruitful collaboration between her and director Yvonne Mackay.The Haunting of Barney Palmer is a fantasy film for children about a young boy who is haunted by his great uncle. Young Barney fears that he has inherited the Scholar family curse; a suite of 80s-era effects ramp up the supern... Read more

Starring Ned Beatty, Alexis Banas, Eleanor Gibson, Meredith Braun, Michelle Leuthart, Andy Anderson, Bernard Kearns, Yvonne Lawley, Patrick Smyth, Leon Banas

Watch "The Haunting of Barney Palmer" from streaming services Amazon Prime, Tubi TV, Amazon released in 1987. It's a action & adventure and fantasy movie, and has a rating of 6.1 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.