

There’s also small bits of humour, such as a ‘social media influencer’ getting across how she counts herself amongst those who work for a living, and the new arrivals also come across a gypsy family who don’t move around – similar to how Peter Kay went on a comedy tour, but never writes any new jokes. Meanwhile, the lads encounter some bullies, and for a certain someone, there’s a potential romance in the offing. There’s also potential hidden treasure around the house, but if it’s not been found over the centuries to date, will that happen now? Well, what do you think… Highlander 4K Boxset Collector’s Edition on 4K Blu-ray – Full Unboxing!Īlong the way, most the family assume the ghost is a myth, so don’t think there’s any chance of a haunting, although the sons want to borrow their Dad’s tech to prove the existence of the spirits. So glad that mine couldn’t, or else he’d have been running the house by now, since I’d have passed out. Hiram is rather like James Dyson, since he’s the inventor of the fancy Otis Max vacuum cleaner, but causing more issues than problematic carpets is the ghost of Sir Simon De Canterville ( Anthony Head – The Stranger), who killed his wife in 1575, but still is rattling around the mansion, along with his pet rat, Cesspit, can speak to him.

I wish they hadn’t even begun to do that.

Thankfully, the one which broke into my house didn’t manage that, but since I take warfarin, I managed to put that to good use.įirst up, it’s really grating that everyone in the family is clearly a British actor, yet is putting on a terrible American accent. Lucy Otis ( Caroline Catz), her husband, Hiram ( James Lance) and their troublesome kids come to a massive, creepy mansion, riddled with rats, one of which can climb stairs. Did they get James Cameron to write it, or will there be a plot to this, unlike Avatar: The Way of Water? The Canterville Ghost is based on an Oscar Wilde story, which was made into a 95-minute comedy in 1944, but here, it’s four hours including adverts.
