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August 1970 (UK) moreTagline:
A chill-filled festival of horror!Plot:
Two spinsters have kept their mad brother locked up in their cellar for 30 years. Then he escapes ... | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Contrived, but interesting horror flick moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Beryl Reid | ... | Ellie Ballantyne | |
| Flora Robson | ... | Joyce Ballantyne | |
| John Hamill | ... | Cpl. Alan Marlow | |
| Tessa Wyatt | ... | Joanna Sutherland | |
| T.P. McKenna | ... | Supt. Paddick | |
| John Kelland | ... | Sergeant Young | |
| David Dodimead | ... | Dr. Spencer | |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | Sir Bernard Newsmith | |
| Dafydd Havard | ... | Stephen Ballantyne | |
| Gail Lidstone | ... | Young Ellie | |
| Elizabeth Choice | ... | Young Joyce | |
| Merlyn Ward | ... | Young Stephen | |
| Anthony Heaton | ... | Anderson | |
| Chris Chittell | ... | Baker (as Christopher Chittell) | |
| Peter Craze | ... | Roy |
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101 min | USA:88 minCountry:
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MonoFilming Locations:
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UKFun Stuff
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Anachronisms: In the flashback of the family going to the railway station in a pony and trap to meet their father coming home from the First World War, as they get to the station the white lines can be clearly seen in what must be the present day car park. moreSoundtrack:
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A soldier walks alone in the ever darkening sunset. Suddenly he is attacked by a creature. You know this because the camera is shaken around, there is disjointed screaming, and the same photo of a bloody slash mark is subliminally flashed. This was obviously to avoid too much editing by the censor, but I immediately thought, "Great, a 1970's crap horror movie. Worth watching" Then the laid back, easy-listening trumpet title tune put the icing on the cake - more cocktail lounge than horror film it is immediately at odds with the theme of the film. After the intro, the usual chapter with the detectives investigating the incident scene. You don't actually see the body, but the contrived commentary by the detectives gives you a good idea of its condition. "Hmmmm, deep lacerations to the face and body made by talons, I'd say." You get the picture. This thorough off the cuff autopsy by the detectives gets them off on the wrong foot by making the assumption that it's a Panther.
Apart perhaps from the two leading actresses and T P McKenna, there is little evidence of any real acting. The soldier that keeps an eye on the two old dears was probably a real soldier - he appeared to be reading from idiot boards such was his woodeness. However, the story does get a bit more involved and at times seems well written, so you shouldn't judge this film by the first amusing half hour.