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)
Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine), an English schoolteacher working in an African missionary, suddenly finds herself being victimized by a tribe of local witch doctors. Exposed to the deadly powers of the occult she's left deeply traumatized. In an effort to recover Gwen takes up a position in a rural school within the British countryside. But the idyllic village surroundings become increasingly sinister as Gwen begins to uncover a nightmarish web of dark and satanic secrets. (StudioCanal UK)
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At the end of the movie, you suddenly realize that nothing so significant happened. The clock rings 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, you will at least be reminded of a slightly different poetry that personally appeals to me. Don't expect horrifying scenes, but at least a somewhat mysterious atmosphere, which unfortunately is disrupted by the creators and placed under too direct light, where simply no horrors can exist.
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