The Haunting of Barney Palmer (movie)
- Production country: New Zealand
- Producer: Yvonne Mackay
- Production companies: The Gibson Group
- Genre: Family, Mystery
- Release date: 3/28/1987
- Run time: 54 min.
Movie description
The Haunting of Barney Palmer is a fantasy film for children about a young boy who is haunted by his great uncle. Young Barney fears that he has inherited the Scholar family curse; a suite of 80s-era effects ramp up the supernatural suspense. The film was a co-production between PBS (United States) and Wellington's Gibson Group, which resulted in Ned Beatty (Deliverance, Network) being cast. It was written by Margaret Mahy, based on her Carnegie Award-winning novel The Haunting, and an early fruitful collaboration between her and director Yvonne Mackay.
