Directed by:
Cyril FrankelScreenplay:
Nigel KnealeCinematography:
Arthur GrantComposer:
Richard Rodney BennettCast:
Joan Fontaine, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell, Ingrid Boulting, Viola Keats, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Bryan Marshall, John Barrett, Duncan Lamont, Kay Walsh (more)Plots(1)
Haunted by the terrors of her experience with African witch-doctors, school teacher Gwen Mayfield accepts an appointment as headmistress at the Haddaby School run by Alan Bax and his sister Stephanie. Gwen initially revels in the peacefulness she has found in the quiet English countryside but soon begins to sense "undercurrents". Before long, a local boy falls into a coma and Gwen discovers a voodoo doll impaled by pins. The danger that follows brings her face to face with witchcraft as a series of disasters unfold and lead her to the horrible truth. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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At the end of the film, you suddenly realize that nothing significant happened. The clock strikes again, life goes on in the old spirit, and everything is fine. The film probably won't leave much of an impression on you, but on the other hand, at least you'll be reminded of a slightly different poetic style that I quite like. Don't expect terrifying scenes, but at least a somewhat mysterious atmosphere, which unfortunately the creators disrupt by placing it in too direct a light, where no scares can exist.
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