Product Details

• Actors: Barbara Barrie, Biff McGuire, Anthony Zerbe, Nina Foch, Katy Kurtzman
• Directors: John Erman
• Format: Widescreen, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Buena Vista Home Ent
• VHS Release Date: January 27, 1987
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300276368
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,050 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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29 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Child Of Glass Is Grand, January 22, 2004

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Chris "Chris" (Leeds, Utah United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Child of Glass [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I had always loved this movie as a child. I remember watching so intently when ever it was on. I loved Alexander and Blossom. I really loved the Plantation House.

I had been looking for this movie for years. I had heard that it had been released in 1986 on VHS and BETA but I couldn't find one. This year a very dear friend gave me a copy of this that he had converted to dVD. And it included a cover art that was a minature version of the origional. Even though it is a fake. I treasure this DVD. So much.

This movie begins showing The Ainsworth family traveling to their new plantaion house. WHen they arive the Kids are pretty shocked at how run down the house is. Well they work on it. And you meet the Drunk Caretaker who has Murder On His Mind. One night Alexander sees a Blue Light from the hay loft of the barn. He goes out there and sees the ghost of Inez. She tells him what help she needs from him. Well Alexanders decides to help him. I don't remember the exact riddle. But it was about the 2 should touch. Well it goes on. And Alexander falls into the well. And he is found. His parents send his little friend Blossom down. And she finds the China Doll. They rescue Alexander and they go into the Cemetery into the Chapel of Inezs Family and place the doll on top of her tomb. Well the gost of Inez apperas and grabs the doll than dies and evaporates into the Tomb. THan the doll appears and falls onto the floor. The head shatters and in side the head is the long lost treasure. WHich consists of millions of dollars worth of diamonds.

Great Movie. Fun for the whole family.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We need more movies like this!, September 25, 2002

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Jenell (Kensington, NH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Child of Glass [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I think we need more movies like this. The story is just wonderful, and although I saw it only twice in the 80s as a little kid, I've remembered it ever since, and have spent many years looking for it. It was such a nice story, and I wanted to watch it over and over, but alas, I could not. Not many movies today could illicit that sort of constant viewing.

Seeing as they just released 'The Journey of Natty Gann' on DVD, I'm hoping Disney will continue to go through its movie vaults and start rereleasing some of their older movies, like Child of Glass.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Child Of Glass, December 7, 2004

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Rev. Daniel J. Parrish (Cocoa, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Child of Glass [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Description From The Box:
"Strange forces are at work here .... Listen to the call of the spirits .. They'll come to you soon..."
It's a warning 13-year-old Alexander Armsworth hears (and ignores) from a mystical old hag when he and his family move into a grand, antebellum Southern mansion. Soon the prophecy comes true, and Alexander is knee-deep in a mystery involving witchcraft, frightening visions from the past, a lost fortune in diamonds, a crazed caretaker with murder on his mind, and visitations by the ghost of a young girl who has been haunting the mansion since her murder during the days of the Civil War!