Paperhouse (1988)

Directed by

Bernard Rose

Genre

drama film, fantasy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 158 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl discovers that her drawings come to life when she dreams. She enters the world of her sketches where a sickly boy lives in a house she drew.

darkdreamlikeunsettlingslow-burnmelancholicvisually moodyeerieintrospective

What happens

Paperhouse is a 1988 British dark fantasy film directed by Bernard Rose. It was based on the 1958 novel Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr. The film stars Ben Cross, Glenne Headly and Gemma Jones. The original novel was the basis of a British TV series for children titled Escape Into Night. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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