While Hammer struggled to diversify , it seemed like Tyburn Films existed purely to satisfy the appetite for classic Hammer fare. This was directed by Freddie Francis and stars Peter Cushing and looks for all the world like a superior Hammer offering with good performances and a tightly wound plot.
Cushing plays a tormented ex-vicar in the 1920s who has lost his faith in India and now lives reclusively in the Fens, apparently with only an Indian servant ( Gwen Watford ) and seedy gamekeeper Tom ( John Hurt ) for company. Into his world come crashing a quartet of bright young things who soon fall foul of the house's sinister secret.
Alexandra Bastedo ( as Angela )
Sex : Tom intends to rape her but she fights him off
Death : Survives
The Brighton-born actress with a cosmopolitan background became one of the faces of the sixties with her role in The Champions. She was multi-lingual which served her well as her star started to slip in the seventies and she appeared in a number of Spanish horror films. From the eighties onwards, she was less regularly seen as she devoted much of her time to animal charities. Her last screen appearance was in Eastenders in 2008. She died of cancer in 2014 aged 67.
Veronica Carlson ( as Daphne )
Sex : No
Death : Slashed to death by Lawrence's insane son
This was Veronica's last film for 19 years.
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