A nice and imaginative Hammer film with interesting script from Jimmy Sangster, Hammer's regular, packing enjoyable interpretations and a lot of twists and turns . As a little girl sees her crazy mum stab her father to death . Left at a sanatorium , the now-grown Janet : Jennie Linden has recurring nightmares and fears she's inherited her mother's sickness . While the mummy is put in an asylum , the daughter grows up thinking of be a psycho who continues along the same lines .
The fourth of Hammer Films' psychological thrillers , made to capitalise on the previous hits , displaying thrills , surprises , intriguing events , tension and astonishing conclusion final . Stars Jennifer Linden as the young with deep nightmares believes inherited his mother's madness. A really Gothic film with usual old country house , white phantom , eerie scenes and anything else . It follows the style of other thrillers by the time , in the wake of successful movies as Psycho and Les Diaboliques . Main starring Jennie Linden as the tormented young heroine is well accompanied by a good cast, such as the attractive Moira Redmond playing the nurse along with her husband played by David Knight as the suspect hero .
It contains an adequate photography in black and white with a disconcertingly contemporary tone by John Wilcox . As well as nail-biting , thrilling musical score by Don Banks . The motion picture was well directed by Freddie Francis . He was a prestigious cameraman as well as expert on terror movies, such as : Dr Terror , The Skull , Torture Garden , Dracula Has Risen from the Grave , The Creeping Flesh , Craze , Legend of the Werewolf, The Ghoul, The Doctor and the Devils , among others . Rating : 6.5/10 . Well worth seeing .
The fourth of Hammer Films' psychological thrillers , made to capitalise on the previous hits , displaying thrills , surprises , intriguing events , tension and astonishing conclusion final . Stars Jennifer Linden as the young with deep nightmares believes inherited his mother's madness. A really Gothic film with usual old country house , white phantom , eerie scenes and anything else . It follows the style of other thrillers by the time , in the wake of successful movies as Psycho and Les Diaboliques . Main starring Jennie Linden as the tormented young heroine is well accompanied by a good cast, such as the attractive Moira Redmond playing the nurse along with her husband played by David Knight as the suspect hero .
It contains an adequate photography in black and white with a disconcertingly contemporary tone by John Wilcox . As well as nail-biting , thrilling musical score by Don Banks . The motion picture was well directed by Freddie Francis . He was a prestigious cameraman as well as expert on terror movies, such as : Dr Terror , The Skull , Torture Garden , Dracula Has Risen from the Grave , The Creeping Flesh , Craze , Legend of the Werewolf, The Ghoul, The Doctor and the Devils , among others . Rating : 6.5/10 . Well worth seeing .