An innocent project transforms into a perilous nightmare when researcher Susan Roberts arrives in France in search of information on a deceased composer.
Cinematography
Crimson lighting that screams 'we had leftover gels from Dracula.'
Acting
James Olson doing double duty as both brothers—one charming, one absolutely not.
Score
The dead composer's music: diegetic AND deeply unsettling.
Director
Alan Gibson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hammer Films produced this as part of their 'psychological thriller' pivot after Corman's Poe films proved Gothic horror could be classy. It flopped.
The 'evil twin' trope here draws directly from 1960s disability panic films, but Stefanie Powers' casting (fresh from Girl from U.N.C.L.E.) was meant to pull younger audiences.
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