Overview:
A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest and satanic possession.| Status: | Released (1972-11-05) |
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| Screen: | Christopher Wicking, Frank Godwin |
| Productions: | Hammer Film Productions, Anglo-EMI, Frank Godwin Productions |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 23076: Robert Hardy - Zorn
- 30576: Shane Briant - Emil
- 15201: Gillian Hills - Elizabeth
- 39740: Yvonne Mitchell - Hilda
- 550865: Paul Jones - Carl Richter
- 2264: Patrick Magee - Falkenberg
- 97679: Kenneth J. Warren - Klaus
Crews
- 130093: Peter Sykes - Director - Directing
- 135998: Christopher Wicking - Writer - Writing
- 29664: Michael Carreras - Producer - Production
- 559704: Harry Robertson - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 30138: Arthur Grant - Director of Photography - Camera
- 47415: Michael Stringer - Production Design - Art
- 30762: Chris Barnes - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
John Chard
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There is a heritage of disorder in our blood. An unhinged Baron keeps his children as prisoners in the family mansion for fear they will inherit the family illness - insanity! It's one of Hammer Films' most divisive productions, some laud it as a Gothic horror with art house ve ....
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_**Gothic Hammer with muddled story and unsympathetic characters**_ A Baron in 1835 (Robert Hardy) keeps his adult son & daughter locked-up and drugged because he thinks they're insane, like his dead wife. He hires a dubious doctor known for mesmerism (Patrick Magee) to assist him ....
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