Taste of Fear

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Aug 22 1961 Approved 1h 21m
Horror, Thriller

A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.

Plot

Penny Applebee's parents were divorced when she was quite young and she grew up with her mother. After her mother's death, the wheelchair-bound Penny has accepted her father's invitation to live with him. She arrives only to learn that her father is away though her stepmother - who she is meeting for the first time - proves to be quite welcoming. On her first night however, she sees a light in the summerhouse and upon investigation, sees her father sitting there, apparently dead. Others can find nothing there and tell her she must have imagined it. She later sees his body in library and then again in the pool. She comes to believe that her stepmother and her father's friend, Doctor Pierre Gerard, are plotting to drive her insane. She gets a sympathetic ear from Bob, the chauffeur, who feels there has to be some rational explanation for what has been happening.

Written by

Jimmy Sangster

Directed by

Seth Holt

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Hammer Film Productions

Languages

English, Français, Deutsch

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
5,903
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
65
Popularity
NA