Celia
The year Is 1957 in Box Hill, Australia. Celia Carmichael is an 8-year-old who feels devastated by the death of her grandmother. Shortly after the grandmother's funeral, Celia has a vision of a Hobyah (a monster from Scottish folklore) appear in her bedroom window. After Celia screams, her mother Pat realizes that the monster was only a possum. At school, Celia is bullied by her mean cousin Stephanie. Celia starts having comforting visions of her beloved grandmother. Celia has kept a Japanese mask which belonged to the grandmother, but Stephanie and her brothers steal the mask.Celia's father Ray forbids her any interaction with her closest friends, the Tanner children, because their parents are communists. After being punished by her father, Celia has disturbing nightmares involving both her grandmother and a gruesome Hobyah. .Celia's uncle Burke confiscates her pet rabbit Murgatroyd, due to a local government ban on rabbits being kept as pets. The increasingly distraught Celia hallucinates that Burke is another Hobyah. Celia and her friend Heather try to visit find their pet rabbits at the local zoo, where they were housed with other confiscated pets. Both rabbits are found dead. Still angry and hallucinating, Celia shoots and kills uncle Burke with her father's shotgun. Heather helps her cover up the murder. Celia's relationship with Stephanie seems to improve after Burke's death. Stephanie accepts both Celia and Heather as playmates for her kid gang.
- 1989
- 1 Hr 43 Mins
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The year Is 1957 in Box Hill, Australia. Celia Carmichael is an 8-year-old who feels devastated by the death of her grandmother. Shortly after the grandmother's funeral, Celia has a vision of a Hobyah (a monster from Scottish folklore) appear in her bedroom window. After Celia screams, her mother Pat realizes that the monster was only a possum. At school, Celia is bullied by her mean cousin Stephanie. Celia starts having comforting visions of her beloved grandmother. Celia has kept a Japanese mask which belonged to the grandmother, but Stephanie and her brothers steal the mask.Celia's father Ray forbids her any interaction with her closest friends, the Tanner children, because their parents are communists. After being punished by her father, Celia has disturbing nightmares involving both her grandmother and a gruesome Hobyah. .Celia's uncle Burke confiscates her pet rabbit Murgatroyd, due to a local government ban on rabbits being kept as pets. The increasingly distraught Celia hallucinates that Burke is another Hobyah. Celia and her friend Heather try to visit find their pet rabbits at the local zoo, where they were housed with other confiscated pets. Both rabbits are found dead. Still angry and hallucinating, Celia shoots and kills uncle Burke with her father's shotgun. Heather helps her cover up the murder. Celia's relationship with Stephanie seems to improve after Burke's death. Stephanie accepts both Celia and Heather as playmates for her kid gang.
