An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
Acting
Edward G. Robinson's unraveling patriarch is genuinely unsettling
Cinematography
Miklos Rozsa's score turns ordinary woods into something malevolent
Direction
Delmer Daves builds dread through what you almost see
Director
Delmer Daves
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Miklos Rozsa reused his thunderous woodwind motifs from this film for his Oscar-winning Spellbound score the same year.
The film's 'red house' never appears in full color—1947 audiences saw only shadows and suggestion, making its absence more haunting.
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