There's a nice undercurrent of comedy running through this otherwise standard mystery story. Set in a "haunted" lighthouse on the supposedly lonely Welsh coast, there seems to be a remarkable crowd of characters bumping into each other at every turn. The plot starts out promisingly with much talk of ghostly terror, but settles into a rather lame and predictable conclusion.
The local Welsh villagers are mercilessly satirized as dim-witted, inbred provincials, in contrast with the smarty pants Londoners who've dropped in to sort out this here ghostly nonsense. An apparently nymphomanic young blonde with no relevance to the story other than removing various items of clothing as things progress, adds to the sly humour.
There's lots of excellent location cinematography of craggy Welsh rocks and crashing waves to provide a suitably moody background.
Taking all these elements together, I came away mildly entertained, although not mentally stimulated. Good late night fun.
The local Welsh villagers are mercilessly satirized as dim-witted, inbred provincials, in contrast with the smarty pants Londoners who've dropped in to sort out this here ghostly nonsense. An apparently nymphomanic young blonde with no relevance to the story other than removing various items of clothing as things progress, adds to the sly humour.
There's lots of excellent location cinematography of craggy Welsh rocks and crashing waves to provide a suitably moody background.
Taking all these elements together, I came away mildly entertained, although not mentally stimulated. Good late night fun.