Telemystery: BBC America to Air The Secret of Crickley Hall

BBC America announced today that the bone-chilling haunted house thriller The Secret of Crickley Hall will air on the cable network on Sunday, October 28th at 8 PM (ET/PT).

Adapted from the novel of the same title by James Herbert, the thriller begins a year after the disappearance of Cam, the son of Gabe Caliegh (Tom Ellis) and Eve Caleigh (Suranne Jones). As the couple and their two daughters attempt to start anew, they head to Crickley Hall — a seemingly perfect countryside house. But when cellar doors start to open on their own, phantom children's cries are heard through the night and a frenzied cane-wielding specter rears its head — the Caleigh's realize the house comes with a lot more than they bargained for. Just as they're ready to move out, Eve Caleigh hears Cam's cries and all bets are off.

Shifting between 1943 and present day, the Caleigh's are desperate to find the source of the crying and the connection the haunted house has to their son. Will they find him before the evil that stalks Crickley Hall finds their other children?

Written and directed by Joe Ahearne, this classic haunted house spine chiller is full of scares, yet underpinned by the heartbreaking story of a family needing to heal and ghosts who need to be laid to rest. Watch a trailer for the three-hour made-for-television movie below.

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The Secret of Crickley Hall
James Herbert

Would you stay in a haunted house for more than one night?

Would you live in a place where ghostly things keep happening? Where a cellar door you know you locked the night before is always open the following morning? Where hushed whimpering is heard? Where white shadows steal through the darkness? Where the presence of evil is all around you?

Would you? Should you?

The Caleighs did, but they had their reasons. They should have known better though. As the terror mounts, they begin to regret their decision. As the horror rises, they realize their very lives are at risk … and so is their sanity. For the secret of Crickley Hall is beyond all nightmares.