The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)

August 3, 2023 12:51 PM

[TRAILER] Mysterious old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in their squalid, tiny Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. The family become the housekeepers to a derelict country mansion in the charge of the solicitors. One day the children meet the spirits of two other children who died in the mansion nearly a hundred years prior. The children prepare a magic potion that allows them to travel backwards in time to the era of the ghost children. Will the children be able to help their new friends and what will happen to them if they do?

Starring Laurence Naismith, Lynne Frederick, Garry Miller, Rosalyn Landor, Marc Granger, Diana Dors, Dorothy Alison.

Written & directed by Lionel Jeffries.

Currently streaming in the US on Amazon Prime. JustWatch.

hanov3r was kind enough to support MeFi with a donation. Their request was for six films about time travel. bent back tulips also donated to MeFi and is interested in sci-fi thrillers, so I'm doubling down on this one, which is helpful since there are a lot of good films available. I'll be using the tag #timetravellin

Donate $25 or more to MeFi and you can MeMail me a request for a themed day of your own. I'll fill up the sidebar on FF with six movies that fit your theme.

posted by DirtyOldTown (3 comments total)

Okay, that's two full sets of 6 for two donors, along with a bonus film, because why not.

If someone donates $10 more, I'll also post the five that nearly made the cut.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 12:55 PM on August 3, 2023

The children prepare a magic potion that allows them to travel backwards in time to the era of the ghost children.

Christ! And I thought my little girl got into shit!
posted by Naberius at 8:42 AM on August 4, 2023

awwwww I loved this movie so much as a kid!!!
posted by supermedusa at 12:30 PM on August 7, 2023