(55%) A better than most period set family horror that gets by because it well made, watchable, and above all else: simple entertainment. The plot may be messy and a bit clumsy, but the charm that runs through makes for a worthwhile sit. Anyone who is familiar with modern Hammer hit "The woman in black" will notice a slight similar feel and look to the mansion house, though this wouldn't scare a baby. The premise is a decent stab at an old spooky house ghost story; although things do get a little too silly at times (the time travelling ghost potion). It's best to think of this as a holiday, wet and windy afternoon type of film, and in that regards this is a good little watch.

THE AMAZING MR. BLUNDEN is a delightful old-fashioned ghost story in the best traditional sense. Directed to the hilt by actor Lionel Jeffries, who clearly has a thorough understanding of his genre, this is timeless stuff, a children's film filled with the kind of atmosphere and engaging storyline that you won't find in most of today's soulless fare.The story is entirely predictable for this particular sub-genre; two kids move to a remote and dilapidated country mansion, which they soon discover is inhabited by the ghosts of two children who mysteriously died in a fire in the past. What follows is a traditional time-slip tale along the lines of TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN, packed with familiar character actors a sense of quality.As director, Jeffries has an eye for a decent performance, and thus the film is inhabited by quality acting. Lynne Frederick and Garry Miller are excellent as the protagonist twosome caught up in the supernatural events, and the likes of Graham Crowden, David Lodge, Madeline Smith, Diana Dors and of course Laurence Naismith excel in various supporting parts.The narrative is action-packed, filled with incident and never less than engaging, and the story as a whole is filled with atmosphere and a kind of timeless joy which makes it highly entertaining to watch. Sad to say they don't make films like this anymore, which for me is a real pity.

This film is an old favourite of my girlfriend's. When we watched it together recently, I was watching it for the first time.The film concerns time-travel and it struck me that the ending of the film contravenes the Grandfather Paradox. This theorem states that I cannot go back in time and kill my grandfather because that would result in me never having been born. Or if I did, then surely I would cease to exist at the moment I killed him.SPOILERIn this film Jamie and Lucy go back in time to save three children from dying in a fire: Sarah, Tom and Sarah's younger brother, George.This they do, but then we learn that Sarah and Tom are Jamie and Lucy's great great grandparents. This cannot be true, as Jamie and Lucy cannot exist on the timeline established before they go back in time because their great great grandparents died in the fire!END OF SPOILERIt's a pedantic point and one that I only thought of after talking about the film afterwards. Still, it goes to show how intricate time-travel related stories are.

Two children time travel from the year 1815 to a hundred years in the future. Their purpose is to foil a crime committed by a greedy relative and his in-laws. This should be a good picture for kids to watch, I think they would find it exciting. I liked the little spin the writers put in at the film's ending.