Movie Information
Overall Rank: 3843
Average Rating: 2.9/4
# of Ratings: 9
Theatrical Release Date: 05/15/1963
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham, Alexander Davion, Liliane Brousse
Plot: A man claiming to be Tony Ashby, a boy who had committed suicide several
years prior, shows up in order to receive a large inheritance. As he tries
to convince those around him of his identity, what horrifying hidden
family secrets will he discover?
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Hammer hit a homer
Bribaba - wrote on 05/03/2011
Early (1963) Hammer production that marked the directorial debut of Freddie Francis. What a surprise this turned out to be, up there with the studio’s finest and not a monster in sight, except Oliver Reed. He plays an alcoholic psychopath who tries to scare his neurotic sister (Janette Scott) out of her inheritance, screws the French nurse and plays organ recitals for his late brother who may or may not have committed suicide. There’s another figure present at these musical interludes, one that just stands there wearing a weird mask pretending to be the dead brother. But then the ’dead’ brother shows up (but is it he?) and things start to go really nuts.
Arthur Grant‘s superb b&w Cinemascope photography adds a modernity to the proceedings while being a match for any of the …
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