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John Kruse (writer)
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March 1976 (USA) more
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A family plots to take its revenge on the man who raped and murdered their daughter. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Joan Collins ... Carol Radford
James Booth ... Jim Radford
Ray Barrett ... Harry
Sinéad Cusack ... Rose
Kenneth Griffith ... Seely
Tom Marshall ... Lee Radford
Zuleika Robson ... Jill Radford
Donald Morley ... Inspector
Barry Andrews ... Sergeant
Artro Morris ... Jacko
Patrick McAlinney ... George
Angus MacKay ... Priest
Geoffrey Hughes ... Brewery Driver
Nicola Critcher
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Also Known As:
After Jenny Died
Behind the Cellar Door
Inn of the Frightened People (USA)
Terror from Under the House
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Runtime:
89 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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It can happen in the heat of the moment., 5 September 2007
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Author: lost-in-limbo from the Mad Hatter's tea party.

After the funeral of their young daughter, the family learns that the man who was suspected for rape and murder is let go because of the lack of evidence. The father, along with his older son and friend whose daughter was also killed by the same man devise a plan to kidnap and hopefully get the confession out of him. However things turn bad, when one slip after another leads to them turning on each other and having second thoughts that maybe they've got the wrong man.

There's potential there, but the compact, stiff script doesn't really tap into it enough and leaves plenty of the looming heavy-handed themes high and dry. Emotionally the film makes a huge dent, but more so in a bleakly intense and serious tone. The film itself is pretty fundamental and scandalously melodramatic as it rears it ugly head into brusque crudeness. Watching the characters lose control of the situation, and going on to tear each other apart as the misguided kidnapping triggers a disastrous domino effect is strangely gripping and at times rather uneasy. One interesting moment sees an unusual state of sexual tension between two characters, which has you thinking, was there something there before it erupted. Maybe it goes too over-the-top, and in doing so loses some creditability. Sidney Hayers' direction is efficiently workman-like, with little in the way of style, but he manages to draw up a tautly knitted atmosphere and milks out a few ample shocks. The violence and sexual context might not be explicit, but it's gritty and in what matters effective. Ken Hodges' sturdy camera-work is intrusively lensed and Eric Rogers' miss-guided musical score comes off daftly staged. The performances fall into the overacting category, but come off committed. Joan Collins who's no stranger to that tag, is gracefully fine and gives it her all. An edgy James Booth scorns about, and delivers a serviceable job with a complicated character trying to overcome his anger, which eventuates to guilt. Ray Barrett, Tom Marshall, Kenneth Griffith and the gorgeously rich Sinéad Cusack also star with tolerable turns.

There's flaws, but it's decently done to make it a passable cliff-hanger thriller.

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