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Monday, June 10, 2019

Scream Of Fear (aka Taste Of Fear) (1961)

A wheelchair bound young woman (Susan Strasberg), who has been living in Italy, travels to the south of France to visit her father who she has not seen in ten years. When she arrives, her father is away on a business trip and she is greeted by her father's second wife (Ann Todd). When she starts to see her "dead" father popping up during the night and hearing things, is she going insane or is there a devious plan afoot? Directed by Seth Holt (1965's THE NANNY), this is a corker of a "gaslight" thriller. We think we have it all figured out but the clever script leads us right up the garden path and then turns around and bites us with a "Gotcha!". But the clues are all there if you pay attention so it's possible you'll get there before I did. The performances are all good, even better when the movie is over and you can appreciate the layers the actors were working with. With Christopher Lee and Ronald Lewis.

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