The Secret of Crickley Hall

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Did anyone else watch this? Thoroughly creeped out.

Have pm´d you, ncc

In book Stefan first to die I think.
All children die.
Nancy and Stefan's bodies in well.
It is Maurice who is adopted by London couple.
Magda doesn't attack Lily in book either,but she is in nursing home supposedly mute..
Lily hasn't lost a baby in the book I don't think

Could someone pm me please.

so in fact this adaptation not at all like the book. The book sounds amazingly sad and rather unsatisfying.

Yes the book culminates in a horrible act which is the catalyst for Augustus killing all the children one by one. The central character is Stefan who is still missing presumed long dead. All the victims are eventually found including Stefan who has supposedly drowned and laid to rest so crickley hall can be at peace. No one is sacrificed either from the Caleigh family as the well a scene is depicted in the book but it is a bit far fetched that Gordon/Maurice tumbled down the well without dislodging Lauren.

Sorry for spoiler.
Actually tv ending happier,if that right word.

What about the spooky dead face and hand of Nancy down the well! I said "Oh FFS!" when I saw that.

Hmm. I'm sure between us we could write a happier, more satisfying ending.

Ok I must admit that I was secretly relieved that the children were not killed the way in the book as I don't think I could have sat through that and I can understand why they didn't want to show much emphasis on the paedophile element to the book which although was quite well written was extremely disturbing.

However to change fundamental aspects of the ending was not on. Stefan death plays a part in what happens at the end.Its stefan eve hears and not cam.

I'm quite cross with it really.

How did Cam end up in the canal though?

Wasn´t it an accident with Cam?

That he wandered off?

I guess he wandered off and fell in Hobbitation chasing a bird or something :(

The canal was next to the playground or closeby, he wandered off and fell in, that's what happened in the book

how did kids die in book?

It was SO disappointing. NO explanation of why Cam and his Mum had visions of Cribben and the kids before they'd even heard of the house!

Stupid gory bit with dead face looming.....very sad it was so bad.

Some awful way nobody wants to say namechange

Also at end Cam got buried next to Stefan who was already buried there as an old man who we are told had kids etc and yet nothing on the stone - is that right?

bad it may be but I wont sleep for a month! Why did I watch it!

OK-how the kids died.

Augustus tried to circumcise Stefan-who bled to death & body thrown in well.

It was him who Eve could hear.

Body not found in flood as it was caught on a ledge.

I think he strangled the others?

Hang on, so the voice Eve heard with the spinning top, 'I'm not dead mummy", wasn't Cam, but Stephan (i think that's what we were supposd to think?)

but if he wasn't dead (and still in the house) how or why did she hear him (also the bit with all the orphans looking at him on the floor of the cellar, whiile the (irish actress) lady spoke the words outlound as the spinning top went. What was that about?

yes - the other kids were strangled in the book.

I didn't find it that scary, more just tense, and sad. I found it very well cast and acted, enjoyed the performances, but too many loose ends.

It wasn't Stephan, it was one of the other orphans.

It's really annoying when they change stuff. If you are going to do an adaptation then you should make it as faithful to the original as possible!!
I didn't read this book but i remember the ending being slightly different in the Susan Hill book (and better imo) then the film and when they did the new version of that MR James story a couple of Christmas's ago they introduced a wife in a care home and made it ridiculous!

I enjoyed this though, thought it was gripping.

what susan hill book?