☆ ☆ ☆ ½
Scream
of Fear (1961) – S. Holt
Susan Strasberg keeps seeing her dead
father around the estate after having been away for 10 years – except he is
supposed to be very much alive according to her stepmother! With the aid of her father’s chauffeur, Strasberg
tries to solve the mystery, even as those around her indicate that they are
concerned for her sanity. Of course, if
her father is really dead, then Strasberg is set to inherit his millions. This provides a motive for doing her in – and
her father too – or so she begins to think.
It is hard to separate the paranoia from the reality at times in this
weird tale from Hammer studios. Director
Seth Holt allows stillness and silence to create suspense and absorb the viewer
in the potential horror before her or him.
Yet something is not quite right in this solid spooky chiller!
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