Excellent Hammer thriller, which Jimmy Sangster declares a favourite screenplay. No wonder – he should be very proud of it. It's very well written, with some decent twists, and good character work, and excellently acted by everyone. Bette Davis of course is great in the lead role, but everyone else is good too, especially the little kid. And Seth Holt’s direction is excellent - he has this cool reputation because he died young, but this is actually a genuinely good movie.
It is reminiscent of a lot of other films – Little Foxes (tormenting a heart attack victim), Repulsion (being mostly set in one apartment), Diabolique (use of heart attacks and creepy atmosphere), and Harold and Maude (fake hanging scene)... and holds its own with all of them.
It is reminiscent of a lot of other films – Little Foxes (tormenting a heart attack victim), Repulsion (being mostly set in one apartment), Diabolique (use of heart attacks and creepy atmosphere), and Harold and Maude (fake hanging scene)... and holds its own with all of them.
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