This film scared me rigid when I saw it just after it's 1942 release. The sinister Mary Clare was the character I remember being most frightened of, and whenever I have seen her in films since she has never managed to erase that shivery feeling. Being sucked into the mire of a Yorkshire Moors bog remains the ultimate 'death' experience and one to be avoided at all costs. Of course the one subsequent viewing of this rather silly film was a great disappointment there was really nothing to scare even the most timid film-goer. What a shame! Having said that you would not get me out on a Yorkshire Moor in the dead of night for all the proverbial tea in China!!! There was a musical theme that was quite compelling at the time and if I heard it again it would probably revive the kind of memories that would bring a nostalgic tear to an old man's eyes. My 2004 vote is truthful but had I the opportunity to cast a vote in the mid-1940's it would almost certainly have been 10+. Derek
Review of Terror House
