Curtis Harrington is a cult-y director - Night Tide and this are responsible for a great deal of that. This is an engaging thriller about some wealthy New Yorkers (Katherine Ross, James Caan) who like to play tricks. In a not terribly convincing plot move they invite Simone Signoret, a random psychic, to stay with them - maybe this would've been more effective had Signoret been younger, or more clearly a sexual threat instead of a mumsy figure, or a male.
There's plenty of weirdness, more visual style than we commonly saw from films at Universal during this period (I think Ross, Caan and Don Stroud were under contract there). Once you realise at heart this is a good old gaslighting thriller it could have done with an extra twist/dimension.
But it is entertaining.
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