''The Sight'' is a 2000 American-British horror

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starring

Andrew McCarthy Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor, travel writer, and television director. He is most known as a member of the Brat Pack, with roles in 1980s films such as ''St. Elmo's Fire'', ''Pretty in Pink'', and '' Less ...

. It was written and directed by

Paul W. S. Anderson Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965) is an English filmmaker who regularly works in science fiction films and video game adaptations. Anderson made his feature film debut with the British independent film '' Shopping'' (1994), a ...

, and aired on FX in the United States on October 29, 2000.

Premise

Michael Lewis (

) is an American architect who is sent to Britain to refurbish an old London hotel, where he soon begins to have strange visions and frightening dreams.

Cast

as Michael Lewis *

Kevin Tighe Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant '' Kevan'' is anglicized from , a ...

as Jake *

Amanda Redman Amanda Jacqueline Redman, (born 12 August 1957) is an English actress, known for her roles as Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman in the BBC One series '' New Tricks'' (2003–2013) and as Dr. Lydia Fonseca in ''The Good Karma Hospital'' ...

as Detective Pryce *

Jessica Oyelowo Jessica Oyelowo (née Watson; born 1978) is a British actress and singer. Early life She was born Jessica Watson in Ipswich and spent her childhood in Suffolk, England. She attended Woodbridge School as a child and was a member of the National ...

as Isobel

Production

The film was written and directed by

as a pilot for an unsold weekly TV series. It was almost entirely filmed in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

Reception

Kevin Lyons from the website "The EOFFTV Review" gave the film a mixed review writing: "It’s not a great film by any stretch of the imagination but it’s a more restrained and thoughtful work than the brain-dead action films that Anderson was about to make his own". Lyons concluded: "It’s not the greatest ghost story ever made but it had potential and the final images suggest that the subsequent series was about to take off in more interesting directions.

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* * 2000 television films 2000 films 2000 horror films 2000s American films 2000s British films 2000s English-language films 2000s horror thriller films 20th Century Fox Television films American horror television films American horror thriller films British horror television films British horror thriller films Films directed by Paul W. S. Anderson Films scored by Jocelyn Pook Films set in hotels Films set in London Films shot in London Films with screenplays by Paul W. S. Anderson FX Networks original films Television pilots not picked up as a series {{US-tv-horror-film-stub