House Of Darkness (UK-import)
A family riddled with resentment, avarice and fear; a house haunted by the victim of a cold-blooded murder... Featuring the cinema debut of Oscar nominee Laurence Harvey and boasting a haunting score by George Melachrino, House of Darkness is a rare, atmospheric chiller presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Hatred is always close to the surface in an old country house in Dorset at the beginning of the century as Elaine Merrivale soon discovers when she goes to live there with her husband, Francis. Sharing the house with his stepbrothers, Noel and John, Francis is resentful that his dead mother did not leave him her property. John, considering Francis a wastrel, resents having to support him and his wife. Noel, meanwhile, nurtures a neurotic hatred and fear of his stepbrother...