The Enfield Haunting Scares Up Domestic Run on A&E
Steve Barton
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While all eyes are currently on James Wan and his telling of the Enfield Poltergeist case in The Conjuring 2, A&E has scored the domestic broadcast rights to the UK miniseries based upon the real life case of “The Enfield Haunting,” which will premiere this October (exact date to be determined).
Starring an award-winning cast and crew, the three-part series is based on the real events that occurred in that ordinary house in Enfield in 1977. Adapted from Guy Lyon Playfair’s book This House Is Haunted and drawing on extensive documentation, recordings, and witness statements of the time, the show brings to life the phenomenon that remains to this day the most documented account of poltergeist activity in British history.
The stellar cast is comprised of Timothy Spall, OBE, recently bestowed the Best Actor accolade at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, BAFTA-winning actor Matthew Macfadyen, and BAFTA-nominated actress Juliet Stevenson. They are joined by Olivier Award-winning young actress Eleanor Worthington-Cox in the lead role of Janet Hodgson, the youngest daughter of Peggy Hodgson, played by British actress Rosie Cavaliero.
Macfadyen portrays Playfair, an experienced investigator who approaches the case with skepticism. Following a personal tragedy, Maurice (Spall) is drawn to the house in Enfield after disturbing reports of a desperate family terrorized by malevolent unseen forces. Working together to get to the heart of the supernatural happenings, Maurice and Guy find that they cannot save the tortured family without first coming to terms with their own demons.
Kristoffer Nyholm, widely acclaimed for his work on the global hit drama “The Killing,” directed from Joshua St. Johnston’s screenplay.
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