Scream Pretty Peggy (1973)

A college student and aspiring artist (Sian Barbara Allen) takes a housekeeping job at a mansion occupied by a sculptor (Ted Bessell) and his mother (Bette Davis). But there's a third resident and a most deadly one. Written by Hammer regular Jimmy Sangster (BRIDES OF DRACULA) and directed by Gordon Hessler (GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD). This horror flick offers no surprises. It is one of the many spawn of PSYCHO and if you've seen that Hitchcock classic (and who hasn't?), the film's "surprise" ending is no surprise at all. Sian Barbara Allen is an uninteresting actress, Bessell is adequate but Davis fans will enjoy her presence as she brings some much needed authority to the telefilm as well as some star power. Bob Prince provides a suitably eerie underscore, it's a pity that it is wasted on such a routine venture. With Charles Drake and Tovah Feldshuh.