Review of Marchlands

Marchlands (2011)
9/10
Ghost story done really well.
2 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Most of the time I can't be bothered with fantasy dramas, but here's one that is a jewel of an exception. I have only seen this recently, despite the drama being broadcast over a decade ago.

It's a ghost story that takes place over three time periods, featuring 3 different families living in a large house known as Marchlands. The strange happenings that only certain family members over the time periods seem to experience, relate back to the first of these families when a tragedy strikes down the young daughter of a couple living in the mid '60s with the husband's parents, who then owned Marchlands.

It's the acting and writing that makes this ghost drama convincing enough to get totally immersed in it. A lot of the story is hinged upon how the daughter of the first family died. We know that she drowned, but we don't know the circumstances that led up to it. Her father believes it was an accidental drowning, and wants to move on with his life. His wife believes there may be more sinister reasons for the cause, and refuses to let go until she discovers the truth.

Highly reccommended.
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