It’s spooky without being schlocky, terror with hardly a drop of blood. And as effective as the haunted house device is, the real mystery driving the haunting is so cold-blooded and practical that you won’t even think twice about its motivation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 31, 2024

While the film’s mystery becomes increasingly outlandish as it unfolds, The Changeling brings subtle yet effective chills and pacing that keeps the viewer engaged from start to finish.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 3, 2024

The movie is basically old and familiar territory revisited but Medak is a good enough film maker to make you feel the visit has been worth-while.

| Jul 26, 2022

Like many a fine film, its stature only grows over the years.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 24, 2021

Scott, with all his gristle and growl, carries Medak's ambiance-driven with his usual swagger, and real-life wife Trish Van Devere plays a member of the historical society with keys to the mansion's past.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 29, 2020

Chills and thrills, mounds of suspense, and a genuinely crafted atmosphere that makes you wonder what terror lies behind each corner inside the sprawling, ancient mansion.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 7, 2019

The Changeling is an icily tense horror which bathes its events in an eerie and otherworldly atmosphere.

| Oct 30, 2018

Sharing much of its cinematic DNA with the type of captivating, classy horror Hollywood had been producing at the time, where it deviates from this, it does so in genuinely fascinating ways, not least in the emotionally brutal ending.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 8, 2018

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 22, 2009

The Changeling is a superior haunted house thriller.

| Mar 26, 2009

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 18, 2008

The leaps made by Scott's agile mind in identifying both victim and usurper leave logic and credence on the starting block.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Copiado exausto nas duas ltimas dcadas, encontra-se datado, mas a tima atuao de Scott, o roteiro bem amarrado e a direo de Medak merecem aplausos.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 7, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 18, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 1, 2005

If it only took craftsmanship to make a haunted house movie, The Changeling would be a great one.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004

corny but creepy

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 19, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 15, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 22, 2003