An effective enough little ghost story that sustains a mood of Gothic mystery for almost its entire running time and then wraps everything up patly and rather hilariously in the last five minutes.
You'll be able to spot the "twist" in the film from a mile away, but that doesn't spoil the enjoyment to be had from the movie's setting, a haunted house perched on the edge of a cliff in the English countryside. And the cast certainly helps too, with Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey and Donald Crisp all delivering solid performances. The stars of the film are its production design and its black and white cinematography, which brought perennial Oscar nominee Charles Lang his sixth of eighteen career nominations.
This is the perfect thing to pop in on a windy, stormy night, or a lazy rainy afternoon.
Grade: B+
You'll be able to spot the "twist" in the film from a mile away, but that doesn't spoil the enjoyment to be had from the movie's setting, a haunted house perched on the edge of a cliff in the English countryside. And the cast certainly helps too, with Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey and Donald Crisp all delivering solid performances. The stars of the film are its production design and its black and white cinematography, which brought perennial Oscar nominee Charles Lang his sixth of eighteen career nominations.
This is the perfect thing to pop in on a windy, stormy night, or a lazy rainy afternoon.
Grade: B+