A novelist and his sexy lover plot to kill the novelist's wife so he can inherit her fortune including her house that happens to be haunted.A novelist and his sexy lover plot to kill the novelist's wife so he can inherit her fortune including her house that happens to be haunted.A novelist and his sexy lover plot to kill the novelist's wife so he can inherit her fortune including her house that happens to be haunted.
- Mrs. O'Brien
- (as Anita Sharp Bolster)
- Hotel Proprietress
- (uncredited)
- Man in Nightclub
- (uncredited)
- Police Constable
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsAt 8 minutes Jean, David, and Mr. Foster are in the Dining Room. As Jean says "Didn't you feel any wind Mr. Foster" a dark shadow moves across the top of the window. Since ghosts, including Patrick, do not cast a shadow, the shadow is obviously from the movement of equipment.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Police Constable: Inspector, there were two bodies found, one was Mr Linton, the other identified as Mrs Stockley from the village.
Police Inspector: Mrs Linton, do you know Mrs Stockley ?
[Jean nods]
Police Inspector: However did the fire start, it must have been lightening.
Jean Linton: [nods in agreement, knowingly] Lightening, yes, lightening.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chiller Theatre: Invisible Creature (1975)
When Jean Linton (Dainton) inherits a house in the country she hopes her hard drinking novelist husband David (Wright) will settle down and make something of himself and their marriage. However, when sultry Valerie Stockley (Dorne) arrives on the scene it's not long before David's head is turned and he begins to plot the murder of his wife. Jean is in trouble, but she has an ally, the resident poltergeist of Four Winds House...
Simplicity of plot and economical of running time and technical attributes, The House in Marsh Road should not be sought out by any "horror" fan craving poltergeist terror. This is a quaint and fun chiller for the most part, even with an air of jauntiness for the first half, in fact very much like The Uninvited (1944) in how the presence of a ghost is not seen as something to be outright feared. Then the mood for the latter stages of the play notably shifts into darker territory, here the dastardly David starts to put his plans in motion, something which signals time for the poltergeist to take a hand in proceedings. Which leads to a very good and genuinely edgy denouement at pics finale.
It never lacks for atmosphere or period flavours, or indeed for competency of performances and direction, where although it never breaks out into the upper echelons of other classic British chillers, it's still something of a "B" chiller worthy of inspection by those who don't need to be jolted out their seats. As for "Patrick the Poltergeist", he's rightly kept off screen, or is he? One scene appears to show him? Either that or a prop guy is guilty of standing in the shot? See if you can spot the moment and judge for yourself. It's just another fun part of a movie that provides gentle chills and honest entertainment. 7/10
- hitchcockthelegend
- Aug 30, 2013
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- Also known as
- Invisible Creature
- Filming locations
- Walton Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK(studio: produced at Walton Studios Walton-on-Thames)
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1