This lesser-known Hammer offering has an international flavour with Stefanie Powers as a music student staying with a composer's widow Danielle ( Margaretta Scott ) in her French mansion to write her thesis. Danielle has a crippled drug-addicted son George ( James Olsson ) and an agenda of her own. It's not very scary and a lirtle predictable but always watchable.
Stefanie Powers ( as Susan Roberts )
Sex : Susan tries to seduce George not realising he is impotent
Death : Survives
Stefanie looks great in a couple of bikinis but her acting is not exactly top notch here.
Jane Lapotaire ( as Lillianne )
Sex : Lillianne strips down and sexually teases George
Death : Stabbed by George's mad twin Jacques while swimming nude in the pool
Though widely believed to be French, Jane is actually from Ipswich and her surname comes from a Quebecois stepfather. This was her first film and she is better known for her TV and stage work. She got a Tony in 1981 for playing Edith Piaf on Broadway. She has written a number of autobiographical works and is still working despite suffering a severe stroke in 2000. She is now 72.
Kirsten Lindholm ( as Catherine )
Sex : Catherine has an affair with George
Death : Shot by Jacques
Kirsten is made up to look like Stefanie Powers for plot purposes leading many to wrongly believe it's Powers in the topless scene.
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