(1968) Robert Eddison, Patience Collier, Lucy Fleming, Dudley Sutton, John Welsh. This gothic chiller starts with a terrific scene: on a dark stormy night, a scream is heard in the tower room of a very spooky old castle. A man is found there, dead—blood dripping to the floor. Later, following the death of her father, a young heiress goes to live with her mysterious Uncle Silas Ruthyn. Silas’ mansion is a decidedly creepy place, filled with an atmosphere of subtle terror. It’s soon clear to the young heiress that her twisted relative loves her money more than her. A tasty morsel of gothic horror. Up to par with the 1947 classic. DVD item #H500D, VHS item #H500
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