Doris and Marian Ives are teachers at an all girls school. They are headed to the Yorkshire Moors for their holiday. Doris faints illness to draw in Dr. Barry Randall but he's more interested in Marian. The ladies get lost in a storm and finds shelter in an old house with the mysterious Stephen Deremid (James Mason).
It's such a weird premise. These helpless ladies go hiking in the dangerous Moors where their friend was killed only a year earlier. It may work if they don't treat it so lightly. It could work as a pilgrimage for their friend especially if they think it's a random accident which is unlikely to be repeated. The other way to do the premise is for these two ladies to be Nancy Drews looking to solve their friend's killing. The movie does work as a low level thriller in an isolated location but then they add more characters and a monkey. It seems to be trying for a little bit of comedy which does clash with the darker mystery aspect. There's a monkey. It's so weird.
It's such a weird premise. These helpless ladies go hiking in the dangerous Moors where their friend was killed only a year earlier. It may work if they don't treat it so lightly. It could work as a pilgrimage for their friend especially if they think it's a random accident which is unlikely to be repeated. The other way to do the premise is for these two ladies to be Nancy Drews looking to solve their friend's killing. The movie does work as a low level thriller in an isolated location but then they add more characters and a monkey. It seems to be trying for a little bit of comedy which does clash with the darker mystery aspect. There's a monkey. It's so weird.