After three months away in London, an English lord (John Turner) returns to his estates with a new bride (Heather Sears,
ROOM AT THE TOP). However, the townspeople are hostile toward him as they suspect him of raping and murdering a local village girl. Clearly he was in London but reliable witnesses say they saw him in the area more than once. This Gothic horror appears to be a Hammer horror wannabe filtered through Daphne Du Maurier (elements of
REBECCA). The setting is appropriately atmospheric, the characters look right out of Hammer and the lasses fill out their bodices quite nicely. But the plot borders on the ludicrous and characters behave irrationally and Turner is truly awful, barking his lines like a seal. It doesn't help that clues given to us early in the film allows us to figure it all out way before we get to the "surprise" ending. Still, for fans of the genre, it's agreeable enough and there seems to be a minor cult following. Directed by Robert Hartford Davis. With Ann Lynn and Peter Arne.
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