Yet while it may not carry the same status in the popular consciousness, and is by no means without its obvious problems, The Canterville Ghost is in its own way a very endearing, old-fashioned take on a traditional ghost story. The comparative obscurity of this one isn’t too great a surprise for one, it was made for television, and by stark contrast with Campbell’s other 1996 films it’s resolutely family-friendly. However, many of us (including, until very recently, myself) may be unaware that Campbell made a third venture into spooky territory that same year, starring alongside Patrick Stewart in a modernisation of Oscar Wilde’s novella The Canterville Ghost. Off the back of that year’s The Craft and (more pointedly) Scream, the then-23 year old Canadian actress was elevated from “one of the girls off Party of Five” to a genre movie star, a status she retains to this day thanks to the enduring popularity of both aforementioned films. Any horror fan of a certain age can tell you that 1996 was a big year for Neve Campbell.
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