Cast: Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt, Roland Culver, Peter Bowles, Michael Gough
Haven't reviewed a film in a while! Things have been getting in the way, but I'm back!
PLOT: Mr. Deutsch entrusts Lionel Barrett with the task of finding survival after death within a week at the Belasco House, the "Mount Everest of haunted houses." He is accompanied by his wife, Ann, as well as two mediums: a mental medium and a Spiritualist minister, Florence Tanner, and a physical medium, Ben Fischer.
Upon entering the chapel, Ann begins to experience voices. Tanner wants to have a seance that night. During this, Ann begins to experience more visions, and begins to talk in the voice of a man. The man orders the visitors to leave before he kills them.
At another seance, ectoplasm makes fingertips appear on Ann and it moves towards her neck. The ectoplasm also moves in front of Fischer and then toward Tanner. It suddenly attacks Ann with a loud popping noise.
Later that night, Tanner once again experiences the door opening and shutting. Suddenly at dinner, their table begins to shake and silverware flies around the room. The spirits attack Barrett and almost kill him. Then, as quickly as it began, everything stops.
Barrett believes that Tanner is responsible for the attack, but she insists it was Belasco's son.
Ann is plagued by erotic visions at night in bed. Meanwhile, Fischer sees a beautiful lady in white, which turns out to be Ann, who tries to seduce him. She gets naked in front of him, to which he slaps her, bringing her back to herself, and she runs away.
Meanwhile, Tanner investigates whether Belasco's son is alive and he attacks her. Everyone goes into the cellar and finds the son's skeleton.
In bed, Tanner is attacked by a vicious black cat who scratches her neck and back, forcing everyone to convince her to leave, but she refuses. Ann tries to seduce Fischer again, but to no avail because she ends up getting attacked. She tries to apologize to Barrett.
Fischer finally decides to leave the house and suggests that Tanner do the same. Tanner finds the possessed black cat dead in her shower and dripping blood.
Barrett's machine is ready and the house is finally clear of spirits. The machine suddenly explodes and Barrett is killed. Fischer decides to confront the house head-on once and for all. He insults Belasco's spirit and he and Ann leave in hopes that Belasco's spirit will return to the afterlife peacefully.
REVIEW: The music is haunting and the scenery creepy. The house is dark, decrepit, and scary. The only thing I would call "bad" about this film is that the attackers are not shown. I feel that even if they are spirits, they should have a physical entity to them. That's what makes horror movies scary. 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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