228 Nightmare ( 1964 )

This  is  a  run  of  the  mill  black  and  white  suspense  thriller  from  Hammer,  always  watchable  but  lacking  any  real  surprises.

Janet  is  a  rather  old-looking  schoolgirl  sent  home  because  her  nightmares  about  her  insane mother  are  disturbing  other  pupils. When  she  arrives  she  finds  her  guardian  Henry  Baxter  has  employed  a  nurse  Grace  to  keep  her  company. However  she  also   finds  the  house  has  another  guest, a  strange  dark-haired  woman  who  hastens  on  her  mental  disintegration.

Jennie  Linden  ( as  Janet )

Sex :  Janet's  scene  with  Baxter  hints  at  a  sexual  relationship  but  that  thread  isn't  really  picked  up

Death :  Survives

Jennie  was  25  when  she  made  the  film. The  Sussex-born  actress  is  best  known  as  Glenda  Jackson's  co-star  in  Women  in  Love   but  she  had  a  35  year  acting  career  in  film  and  TV. She  retired  in  the  mid-nineties  and  is  now  77.

Moira  Redmond  ( as  Grace  Maddox )

Sex : Grace  is  Baxter's  mistress

Death : Survives  but  may  face  capital  punishment
  

Moira   was   more  of  a  film  and  TV  actress  who  specialised  in  aristocratic  ladies  in  period  dramas. She  too  was  working  until  the  mid-nineties. She  died  in  2006   aged  77.

Clytie  Jaessop  ( as  Mrs Baxter )

Sex : No

Death : Knifed   by  Janet , an  incident  engineered  by  Baxter  and  Grace

Clytie  was  from  Australia. She  had  some  experience  in  musical  theatre  but  in  the  sixties  was  running  a  trendy  art  gallery  in  London  and  owed  her  brief  film  career  to  her  friendship  with  Freddie  Francis. In  the  eighties  she  directed  the  film  Emma's  War.  She  died  six  weeks  ago  aged  87.

Julie  Samuel  ( as  Anne )

Sex : No

Death : Survives

Julie  was  a  bit  part  actress  who  kept  her  career  going on  TV  into  the  mid-seventies. She  is  the  mother  of  Saint  Etienne  singer  Sarah  Cracknell. She  is  now  73.