I really wanted to like this one more than I do. It's watchable enough but not a classic by any means. Richard Carlson plays a guy who is called away suddenly to his ancestral estate. He stays there without explanation for his fiancée, who he tells to move on via letter. So she and her buttinsky aunt travel to the estate to find out what's going on. They're soon joined by more annoying people. That's part of the film's problems. These so-called protagonists are just plain annoying. I knew the guy was in danger or distress but I still wanted them all to just leave him alone. The fiancée and her aunt are like nails on a chalkboard. And don't get me started on the pompous doctor who wants to have someone committed to an asylum for locking a door in their own house.
The other problems with this are that the runtime is way too long for such a thin story, leading to repetitive scenes of Carlson telling people to leave. Then we have the film's big mystery reveal, which is not only laughable from an FX perspective but also from a story one. You'll be left wondering what the point of everything was when the problem, while unusual, is hardly unsolvable. And in the end it solves itself with a big wet fart of a climax. Avoid unless you're a huge Richard Carlson fan.
The other problems with this are that the runtime is way too long for such a thin story, leading to repetitive scenes of Carlson telling people to leave. Then we have the film's big mystery reveal, which is not only laughable from an FX perspective but also from a story one. You'll be left wondering what the point of everything was when the problem, while unusual, is hardly unsolvable. And in the end it solves itself with a big wet fart of a climax. Avoid unless you're a huge Richard Carlson fan.