Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry Dann, the most easygoing of the bunch, comes to the conclusion that all is not well in the old dark house. For one thing, he's run across several people whom he's never met. For another, they all seem to be of a different time and place.
Direction
Stephen Weeks crafts disorientation through deliberate, dreamy pacing.
Cinematography
Misty estate exteriors and shadow-drenched interiors scream haunted house.
Director
Stephen Weeks
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stephen Weeks shot this in just three weeks on location at Grim's Dyke, former home of W.S. Gilbert of Gilbert & Sullivan fame. The house's theatrical history bleeds into every frame.
Weeks would essentially remake this film as 'Sword of the Valiant' and 'Black Angel'—he was obsessed with medieval morality tales disguised as genre pictures. This is his most stripped-down, effective version.
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