Cubbyhouse (2001)

Director:

Murray Fahey

Writers:

Ian Coughlan (writer)
Murray Fahey (writer)

Release Date:

22 February 2002 (South Korea)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Playtime will never be the same...

Plot:

Following a messy divorce, Lynn Graham moves back home to Australia with her three American-born children in tow...

Plot Keywords:

Attempted Child Strangling | Australia | Ball | Blood | Book

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Joshua Leonard	...	Danny Graham
Belinda McClory	...	Lynn Graham
Lauren Hewett	...	Bronwyn McChristie
Jerome Ehlers	...	Harrison / Harlow
Craig McLachlan	...	Bill
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Brown	...	Newsreader
Peter Callan	...	Don
Madison Dohnt	...	Hope
Murray Fahey	...	Gary the Pest Man
Carita Farrer	...	Sandra Hickey
Belinda Gavin	...	Julie (as Belinda Ann Gavin)
Steve Harman	...	Nurse
Brian Hinzlewood	...	Joel McChristie (as Brian Hinselwood)
Stefan Kluka	...	Surf Reporter
Craig Marriot	...	Kirby Hickey
Craig Marriott	...	Kirby Hickey
Ingrid Mason	...	Ailsa McChristie
Jonas Morrisy	...	Byron
Amy Reti	...	Natalie Graham
Chris Roughan	...	Chris
Joshua Tainish-Biagi	...	Ivan Graham
Shaun Wainwright	...	Child

Also Known As:

Hellion: The Devil's Playground (USA) (video title)
The Cubby House (Philippines: English title) (bootleg title)
The Third Circle (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

UK:89 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R | Norway:15 | Australia:MA | Portugal:M/16

Company:

Cubbyhouse Production

Movie Connections:

References Poltergeist (1982)

Soundtrack:

Sunshine

Enjoyable, but silly

Called The Cubbyhouse on release in the U.K, The Third Circle is an Australian made horror movie. A divorcee and her three children move back to her native Australia with her, and they start to settle in to their new home, but the two younger children become strangely obsessed with the Cubbyhouse in the Garden. Their older brother Danny, along with next door's teenage daughter Bronwyn discover the Cubbyhouse's gruesome secret - 30 years previous, a man allegedly murdered his two young children there.

There appears to be a demonic spirit in the Cubbyhouse, and Danny and Bronwyn fight to save the children from it and to destroy the Cubbyhouse for good.

Better than I thought it would be, but still pretty cheesy and.. y'know.. Craig McLachlan... but if there's nothing else on, or all the big movie are out to rent already, it's worth a shot, expect to roll your eyes at the silly ending though ;)