Great period piece but severely lacking in the spooky department. Sort of "little womenish". A lot to do with early 20th century victaoriana and Gibson girlish concerns and very little to do with a haunting, which, is supposed to be the point of the film. The one or two instances of the haunting are attention getters but it soon goes back to the days of gilded girl fantasies of horseback riding and tea parties without much focus on the plot. This movie had potential but it was wasted on build up and needless dialogue without any follow through. I was intrigued by the title because it was supposedly atmospheric and eerie but the atmosphere is not that of a movie about a haunting, rather it's that of a film about romanticized victorian days told in a sort of TV moviesh fashion. The Changeling with George C. Scott was a measuring stick against which others must come before. Unfortunately none have measured up, and this unfortunately doesn't either.
Review of The Haunting of M.
