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The Enfield Haunting (2015)

The Enfield Haunting poster
Directed by
Kristoffer Nyholm
Genre
horror fiction
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 3 episodes
Rated
16
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 124 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family in a council house experiences strange and disturbing supernatural events. The series is based on real recordings and witness statements from the 1970s Enfield Poltergeist case.

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What happens

The Enfield Haunting is a British drama horror series which was commissioned by Sky Living and first aired on 3 May 2015. Kristoffer Nyholm, who rose to fame after the hugely popular Danish series, The Killing, directed the three-parter. The series is based on Guy Lyon Playfair’s book, This House Is Haunted and is about a series of bizarre events around the phenomena collectively known as the "Enfield Poltergeist" that took place at a council house from August 1977 to 1979. The drama draws upon recordings and witness statements to draw the audience in to the unfolding supernatural events. The series finished on 17 May 2015 after the third and last episode aired. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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