I noticed one of the reviewers really, really didn't like this film. Well, to each his or her own--I know I don't always agree with the other reviewers. But as for me, I liked the film--and found it amazingly scary.
The film begins with a woman checking in to a hotel to meet her husband who is coming home from his hitch in the service. Unexpectedly, however, in the room he looks out the window only to see a man bludgeoning a woman to death! As a result, the lady is so traumatized that she goes into a catatonic state--a relatively normal reaction, actually, in the circumstances. This state is short-term and in the interim she is hospitalized in a local mental hospital. Now here's the problem...the psychiatrist in charge of the case is the exact same person who was overseen bludgeoning his wife!! And, in order to keep her from telling, he and his mistress (who is just awful) conspire to keep her 'crazy' and even kill her if necessary to protect their secret! Nice folks, eh? The acting is good, the story tense and the idea pretty scary. Vincent Price was a definite plus as the menacing psychiatrist. Plus, since it knocks psychiatry (at least this one bad psychiatrist), you can watch it and enjoy it with any Scientologists you might happen to know, as they really, really don't think much of the profession.
Oddly, apparent this film was allowed to slip into the public domain. Often this would imply that this is a bad film...though, of course, to almost every rule there are exceptions.
The film begins with a woman checking in to a hotel to meet her husband who is coming home from his hitch in the service. Unexpectedly, however, in the room he looks out the window only to see a man bludgeoning a woman to death! As a result, the lady is so traumatized that she goes into a catatonic state--a relatively normal reaction, actually, in the circumstances. This state is short-term and in the interim she is hospitalized in a local mental hospital. Now here's the problem...the psychiatrist in charge of the case is the exact same person who was overseen bludgeoning his wife!! And, in order to keep her from telling, he and his mistress (who is just awful) conspire to keep her 'crazy' and even kill her if necessary to protect their secret! Nice folks, eh? The acting is good, the story tense and the idea pretty scary. Vincent Price was a definite plus as the menacing psychiatrist. Plus, since it knocks psychiatry (at least this one bad psychiatrist), you can watch it and enjoy it with any Scientologists you might happen to know, as they really, really don't think much of the profession.
Oddly, apparent this film was allowed to slip into the public domain. Often this would imply that this is a bad film...though, of course, to almost every rule there are exceptions.