A housewife unravels in 23 minutes. You won't believe what the milkman sees.
Acting
Angela Morant's silent supermarket scene is masterclass unraveling.
Direction
Blake makes 23 minutes feel like a lifetime of suffocation.
Sound
Every kettle whistle and dropped pin becomes a threat.
Director
Alan Blake
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for British TV's 'Play for Today' anthology, representing 1970s feminist horror before the term existed. The 'angry woman' archetype here predates 'The Yellow Wallpaper' film adaptations by decades.
Warren Clarke later played Dalziel in 'Dalziel and Pascoe'—imagine that gruff detective married to this unraveling woman. The casting irony is delicious.
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