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.
Ned Beatty
as Cole Scholar
Alexis Banas
as Barney Palmer
Eleanor Gibson
as Tabitha Palmer
Meredith Braun
as Troy Palmer
Michelle Leuthart
as Claire Palmer
Andy Anderson
as John Palmer
Bernard Kearns
as Ben Scholar
Yvonne Lawley
as Great Grandmother Scholar
Patrick Smyth
as Alberic Scholar
Leon Banas
as Young Cole
Stephen Judd
as Young Barnaby
