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* DaylightHorror: The death of Julia's daughter happens on a bright, sunny, normal morning. Later, Julia sees the mysterious little girl in a sunlit park.


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* SceneryDissonance: The death of Julia's daughter happens on a bright, sunny, normal morning. Later, Julia sees the mysterious little girl in a sunlit park.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Not only does Julia's daughter die, Julia has to live with the knowledge that her attempt to save her child may actually be what killed her.

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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Not only does Julia's daughter die, Julia has to live with the knowledge that her attempt to save her child may actually be have been what killed her.

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''Full Circle'', also called ''The Haunting of Julia'', is a 1977 British-Canadian horror movie/psychological thriller starring Mia Farrow. Based on the 1975 novel ''Julia'' by prolific author Creator/PeterStraub, the film follows Julia Lofting, who accidentally kills her daughter while attempting a tracheotomy to save her from choking to death. Deeply disturbed by the incident, she leaves her husband and moves into a house of her own. Soon, she begins to see visions of a little girl resembling her dead child. Meanwhile, seemingly supernatural events begin to suggest to her that her new house is haunted. Or is she just crazy with guilt?

Though it wasn't a box-office success, it has developed a slight cult following and is notable for being the first film adaptation of one of Peter Straub's works.

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''Full Circle'', also called ''The Haunting of Julia'', is a 1977 British-Canadian horror movie/psychological thriller starring Mia Farrow. Based on film [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] the 1975 novel ''Julia'' by prolific author Creator/PeterStraub, the film directed by Richard Loncraine and starring Creator/MiaFarrow.

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follows Julia Lofting, Lofting (Farrow), who accidentally kills her daughter Kate while attempting a tracheotomy to save her from choking to death. Deeply disturbed traumatized by the incident, she Julia leaves her husband Magnus (Creator/KeirDullea) and moves into a house of her own. Soon, she begins to see have visions of a little girl resembling who resembles her dead child. Meanwhile, seemingly supernatural events begin to suggest to her that her new house is haunted. Or is she Julia just crazy with guilt?

Though it wasn't a box-office success, it the film has developed a slight cult following and is notable for being the first film screen adaptation of one of Peter Straub's works.
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* GriefInducedSplit: Julia separates from her husband in the immediate aftermath of accidentally killing her daughter.

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* AdultFear: Not only does Julia's daughter die, Julia has to live with the knowledge that her attempt to save her child may actually be what killed her.


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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Not only does Julia's daughter die, Julia has to live with the knowledge that her attempt to save her child may actually be what killed her.
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''Full Circle'', also called ''The Haunting of Julia'', is a 1977 British-Canadian horror movie/psychological thriller starring Mia Farrow. Based on the 1975 novel ''Julia'' by prolific author Peter Straub, the film follows Julia Lofting, who accidentally kills her daughter while attempting a tracheotomy to save her from choking to death. Deeply disturbed by the incident, she leaves her husband and moves into a house of her own. Soon, she begins to see visions of a little girl resembling her dead child. Meanwhile, seemingly supernatural events begin to suggest to her that her new house is haunted. Or is she just crazy with guilt?

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''Full Circle'', also called ''The Haunting of Julia'', is a 1977 British-Canadian horror movie/psychological thriller starring Mia Farrow. Based on the 1975 novel ''Julia'' by prolific author Peter Straub, Creator/PeterStraub, the film follows Julia Lofting, who accidentally kills her daughter while attempting a tracheotomy to save her from choking to death. Deeply disturbed by the incident, she leaves her husband and moves into a house of her own. Soon, she begins to see visions of a little girl resembling her dead child. Meanwhile, seemingly supernatural events begin to suggest to her that her new house is haunted. Or is she just crazy with guilt?
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''Full Circle'', also called ''The Haunting of Julia'', is a 1977 Canadian horror movie/psychological thriller starring Mia Farrow. Based on the 1975 novel ''Julia'' by prolific author Peter Straub, the film follows Julia Lofting, who accidentally kills her daughter while attempting a tracheotomy to save her from choking to death. Deeply disturbed by the incident, she leaves her husband and moves into a house of her own. Soon, she begins to see visions of a little girl resembling her dead child. Meanwhile, seemingly supernatural events begin to suggest to her that her new house is haunted. Or is she just crazy with guilt?

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''Full Circle'', also called ''The Haunting of Julia'', is a 1977 Canadian British-Canadian horror movie/psychological thriller starring Mia Farrow. Based on the 1975 novel ''Julia'' by prolific author Peter Straub, the film follows Julia Lofting, who accidentally kills her daughter while attempting a tracheotomy to save her from choking to death. Deeply disturbed by the incident, she leaves her husband and moves into a house of her own. Soon, she begins to see visions of a little girl resembling her dead child. Meanwhile, seemingly supernatural events begin to suggest to her that her new house is haunted. Or is she just crazy with guilt?
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Though it wasn't a success in its native Britain or overseas, it has developed a slight cult following and is notable for being the first film adaptation of one of Peter Straub's works.

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Though it wasn't a success in its native Britain or overseas, box-office success, it has developed a slight cult following and is notable for being the first film adaptation of one of Peter Straub's works.

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''Full Circle'', also called ''The Haunting of Julia'', is a 1977 British horror movie/psychological thriller starring Mia Farrow. Based on the 1975 novel ''Julia'' by prolific author Peter Straub, the film follows Julia Lofting, who accidentally kills her daughter while attempting a tracheotomy to save her from choking to death. Deeply disturbed by the incident, she leaves her husband and moves into a house of her own. Soon, she begins to see visions of a little girl resembling her dead child. Meanwhile, seemingly supernatural events begin to suggest to her that her new house is haunted. Or is she just crazy with guilt?

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''Full Circle'', also called ''The Haunting of Julia'', is a 1977 British Canadian horror movie/psychological thriller starring Mia Farrow. Based on the 1975 novel ''Julia'' by prolific author Peter Straub, the film follows Julia Lofting, who accidentally kills her daughter while attempting a tracheotomy to save her from choking to death. Deeply disturbed by the incident, she leaves her husband and moves into a house of her own. Soon, she begins to see visions of a little girl resembling her dead child. Meanwhile, seemingly supernatural events begin to suggest to her that her new house is haunted. Or is she just crazy with guilt?


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* CreepyDoll: The cymbal-banging monkey toy, which has dangerously sharp edges on the cymbals to boot.

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* CreepyDoll: The cymbal-banging monkey clown toy, which has dangerously sharp edges on the cymbals to boot.
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Julia's overbearing husband Magnus breaks into her new house, only to promptly tumble down the stairs and die.]]
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* MarketBasedTitle: The original title, ''Full Circle'', is also an alternate title of the source book. When it was finally released in America years later it was titled ''The Haunting of Julia'', which is made up.
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''Full Circle'', also called ''The Haunting of Julia'', is a 1977 British horror movie/psychological thriller starring Mia Farrow. Based on the 1975 novel ''Julia'' by prolific author Peter Straub, the film follows Julia Lofting, who accidentally kills her daughter while attempting a tracheotomy to save her from choking to death. Deeply disturbed by the incident, she leaves her husband and moves into a house of her own. Soon, she begins to see visions of a little girl resembling her dead child. Meanwhile, seemingly supernatural events begin to suggest to her that her new house is haunted. Or is she just crazy with guilt?

Though it wasn't a success in its native Britain or overseas, it has developed a slight cult following and is notable for being the first film adaptation of one of Peter Straub's works.

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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The movie leaves out a key detail from the original book which explains the connection between Julia and [[spoiler:the ghost girl Olivia.]]
* AdultFear: Not only does Julia's daughter die, Julia has to live with the knowledge that her attempt to save her child may actually be what killed her.
* CreepyDoll: The cymbal-banging monkey toy, which has dangerously sharp edges on the cymbals to boot.
* DaylightHorror: The death of Julia's daughter happens on a bright, sunny, normal morning. Later, Julia sees the mysterious little girl in a sunlit park.
* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler:Olivia, the ghost that's haunting Julia. She had the power to dominate the minds of other people, and used it to make them slaughter animals and watch as she murdered another child. She seems to retain her power in the afterlife.]]
* GhostlyChill: Inverted. One of the strange things Julia notices around her new house is that her heater seems to keep turning itself on.
* HauntedHeroine: Julia, who accidentally killed her own daughter and is now being haunted by a ghost in her new house. Or is she? [[spoiler:Yes, yes she is.]]
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Julia attempts one to save her choking daughter in the opening scene. It doesn't work.
* NewHouseNewProblems: An uncommon example of one person moving into an apparently-haunted house alone instead of with a family.
* PsychologicalHorror: A lot of focus is placed on Julia's trauma over her daughter's death, and the fact that the little girl she starts to see looks suspiciously similar to her...
* SpookySeance: Julia holds one in her new house at her sister-in-law's suggestion.

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