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Director:
Peter Hammond
Writer:
Ken Taylor (screenplay)
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Genre:
Fantasy | Horror | Mystery more
Plot:
A couple moves into a country estate that turns out to be haunted. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Francesca Annis ... Catherine Frode
James Bolam ... Arthur Frode
Sky Macaskill ... Daisy Frode
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Amanda Boxer ... Mrs. Levett
Nellie Hanham ... Mrs. Wright
Duncan Preston ... Fred Harston
Philip Sayer ... Mervyn Barbet

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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color

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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Great Adaptation, 18 March 2003
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Author: Marta from United States

A great adaptation of C. H. B. Kitchin's little-known 1953 short story of the same name. "The Maze" was shown originally on PBS' Mystery! series in 1984, under the Shades of Darkness series name (which is still owned by Granada Television), this neglected gem and the 6 other shows in the series have not been shown since, which is truly a shame. They are excellent adaptations of high quality ghost stories and deserve to be shown again. Update May 2007: This is now available on DVD under the Shades of Darkness title.

In "The Maze," Francesca Annis is marvelous as a slightly-repressed housewife during the post-war years in England, with a secret; a secret that has held her love for her only daughter in check. Despite many misgivings she returns to the house she grew up in, after her mother's death, with her husband and the daughter. The house, a large old Victorian place with rambling gardens, has a hedge maze on the grounds that has fallen into rather sad shape. The daughter is drawn to the maze, and we slowly see what secret the mother is hiding.

Atmospheric and genuinely touching, "The Maze" is one of those shows that you can watch again and again. While not strictly a ghost story it has a ghost in it, but not the kind you'd expect.

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