The Usual Children
1997, English. Directed by Stuart St. Paul.
The night before Christmas, dad has to stop his two excited children from fighting. But Scoop hates his sister Hela and wishes her dead. Everything they say and do comes true in an unreal parallel world. Hela decides to become a Ghost and haunt Scoop even more. Scoops world without rules soon starts to fall apart and he soon finds he needs both rules and his sister.
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- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 12 December 1997
- Country
- United Kingdom
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The Usual Children runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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The Usual Children isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 December 1997. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Usual Children?
The Usual Children (1997) was directed by Stuart St. Paul and stars Graham Cole, Luke Aikman, Laura Aikman.