A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders. The only connection between them is they all took place on the same day in three successive years. The police don't trust their instincts - but as 10th July nears again, a solicitor has started receiving threatening letters...
Direction
Fisher builds dread in a lunch break's runtime.
Acting
Summerfield's reporter has more spine than the police.
Director
Terence Fisher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Terence Fisher would soon define Hammer Horror—this is him practicing restraint before the gothic excess.
The 'anniversary killer' trope was still fresh in '54; this predates the slasher calendar-obsession by decades.
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