Andrea King makes a mistake when she marries sinister alternative-medicine doctor Helmut Dantine. She realizes it pretty quickly, as we see in a story told from her point of view in flashback.
He seems like a truly loathsome person. It's hard, though, not to wonder if this movie was unwritten by the AMA. After all, not ALL people practicing alternative therapies, even back then are/were evil and/or quacks.
The most poignant part is the man's son, who is being held captive and being given a horrifyingly Spartan diet, ostensibly for his health.
That part will send chills up your spine. (If it knocks your spine out of quack, call a chiropractor.)
He seems like a truly loathsome person. It's hard, though, not to wonder if this movie was unwritten by the AMA. After all, not ALL people practicing alternative therapies, even back then are/were evil and/or quacks.
The most poignant part is the man's son, who is being held captive and being given a horrifyingly Spartan diet, ostensibly for his health.
That part will send chills up your spine. (If it knocks your spine out of quack, call a chiropractor.)