Poor Jean Linton (Patricia Dainton): she's got no money, no home, and her husband David (Tony Wright), an aspiring novelist, is a drunken, womanising wastrel. Jean's financial problems are solved when she inherits £1000 and an old house from her aunt; unfortunately, her husband goes from bad to worse, conducting an affair with Valerie Stockley (Sandra Dorne), the attractive woman he employs to type up the book he has been working on.
When Valerie learns that David has no money of his own, she plants the seed of murder in her lover's mind; however, David's attempts to do away with his wife and get his hands on her wealth are foiled when Patrick, the poltergeist that also inhabits the Linton's new home, intervenes.
While no classic, The House In Marsh Road (AKA Invisible Creature) is a very watchable movie, with solid performances and efficient direction by Montgomery Tully, who maintains a steady pace and develops the plot in a plausible manner (as plausible as a film about a protective poltergeist can be, that is!). Although there is a spook in the house, it is David who Jean becomes scared of, the man revealing the true extent of his callousness by first attempting to push his wife down a lift shaft, and then trying to poison her. Patrick ensures that Jean survives both times, and then decides that enough is enough when David and Valerie spend the night together while Jean is away: the poltergeist secures all the exits and burns the house down. I do hope Jean had home insurance.
When Valerie learns that David has no money of his own, she plants the seed of murder in her lover's mind; however, David's attempts to do away with his wife and get his hands on her wealth are foiled when Patrick, the poltergeist that also inhabits the Linton's new home, intervenes.
While no classic, The House In Marsh Road (AKA Invisible Creature) is a very watchable movie, with solid performances and efficient direction by Montgomery Tully, who maintains a steady pace and develops the plot in a plausible manner (as plausible as a film about a protective poltergeist can be, that is!). Although there is a spook in the house, it is David who Jean becomes scared of, the man revealing the true extent of his callousness by first attempting to push his wife down a lift shaft, and then trying to poison her. Patrick ensures that Jean survives both times, and then decides that enough is enough when David and Valerie spend the night together while Jean is away: the poltergeist secures all the exits and burns the house down. I do hope Jean had home insurance.