This is an H P Lovecraft adaptation set in the US but filmed in Norfolk. It seems like the bastard child of The Ghoul and Straw Dogs although it pre-dates both of them. If you can tolerate Oliver Reed's posing and terrible accent it's pretty good.
Mike Kelton ( Gig Young) a magazine editor ( and seemingly a martial arts expert on the sly ) brings his young wife Suzanna back to the island home she was sent away from as an infant following a scary nocturnal visitation. They intend to make the house a summer home but everyone from her Aunt Agatha ( Flora Robson ) downwards tells them to go home apart from cousin Ethan ( Reed ) who has his own reasons for wanting her to stay.
Carol Lynley ( as Suzanna Whateley )
Sex : Ethan twice gets close to raping her
Death : Survives
Carol was a former child model who progressed to Playboy in 1965. She had an intermittent affair with David Frost. She divided her time fairly equally between film , stage and TV but hasn't been active in the last decade. She is now 75.
Judith Arthy ( as Emma )
Sex : Emma is fooling around with Ethan
Death : Clawed to death by who's in the room while trying on Suzanna's stockings
Judith was an Australian actress who worked in Britain for a decade between 1965 and 1975. The buxom blonde then returned to Australia but retired from acting around 1978 to become a teacher and later a writer. She made a return to stage acting in 2002. She is now 76.
Ann Bell ( as Mrs Whateley )
Sex : No
Death : Struck by lightning ( offscreen )
Ann has another very minor part in this one.
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