The Brits turned out a lot of thrillers in 1971 - low budget I guess. Roald Dahl wrote the script as a gift for his wife Patricia Neal. It's a variation on the lonely women and handsome young psychopath story - Night Must Fall is part of that but also Suspicion.
Pamela Brown is old mum, Patricia Neal her "spinster" daughter, Nicholas Clay the hunky psycho. Bernard Herrmann wrote a terrific score that isn't well used. The direction lacks atmosphere. The love story between Neal and Clay isn't done well.
Clay is an impotent psycho - the same time as Frenzy.
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