Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Studio: Hallmark Home Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: May 28, 1996
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000671M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #306,073 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Patrick Stewart gives an outstanding performance in the title role of this high-spirited new adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic tale of mystery, romance, and adventure. The fun begins as the unsuspecting Otis family moves into the stately, rambling rooms of Canterville Hall where young Virginia (Neve Campbell, "Party of Five") meets up with the castle's resident specter: the 400-year old ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville (Stewart). But while Sir Simon does his moaning, chain-rattling best to frighten the newcomers, Virginia soon befriends him, and learns his sorrowful secret: unless a purehearted mortal agrees to plead his case before the dreaded Angel of Death, Sir Simon will be doomed to haunt the Hall for all eternity. With the midnight moment of truth approaching, Virginia prepares for a journey into the unknown - - in a hair raising conclusion to this all-time favorite tale of ancient spirits, young love and otherworldly adventures!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Enchanting, October 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Canterville Ghost [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a wonderfuly made movie. It has a little of everything (love, magic, history, family problems, jelousy, suicide and murder) without adding the sex and gore. I even let my 5 year old watch it. She askes for it all the time. It's the only movie she sees that has a skeleton in it, and she already knows about bones, nerves, muscles, etc. I have watched it many times and it still makes me cry.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful adaptation of Wilde, September 23, 2000

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This review is from: Canterville Ghost [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a moving, tender, yet still frightening version of Wilde's classic. Patrick Stewart shines in the role of Sir Simon, and it's so sweet to see him portraying Hamlet's father. Neve Campbell does an excellent job in the role of the empathetic and kind Virginia, who believes in and befriends Sir Simon.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Simon Canterville.

Highly recommended.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK movie, but Neve Campbell is GREAT, February 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Canterville Ghost [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A family moves into a castle haunted by a ghost. He soon befriends the daughter, and they form a special bond. Nothing too special, but this is one of Neve's first movies, and she's wonderful in it.