No thrill, no suspense, no direction, bad in every way. [31 Aug 1961, p.8]
Taste of Fear
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United Kingdom · 1961
1h 22m
Director Seth Holt
Starring Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
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The New York Times by Dave Kehr
Though clearly influenced by Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 Psycho, Scream of Fear is closer to Orson Welles in its baroque visual design and delight in style for style's sake. [21 Oct 2008, p.C4]
Strasberg’s doe-eyed dedication to her role and Douglas Slocombe’s brilliant black-and-white cinematography counterbalance the film’s increasingly ridiculous plot turns, which nonetheless have a crude, jaw-dropper effectiveness.
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