Visitor from the Grave (22 Nov. 1980)

A former mental patient kills her would-be rapist, but his corpse returns from its secret grave.

Director:

Peter Sasdy

Writer:

Anthony Hinds (screenplay)

Stars:

Kathryn Leigh Scott, Simon MacCorkindale, Gareth Thomas

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Kathryn Leigh Scott	...	Penny
Simon MacCorkindale	...	Harry
Gareth Thomas	...	Richard / Gupta
Mia Nardi	...	Margaret (as Mia Nadasi)
Stanley Lebor	...	Charles

Storyline

In this Hammer Horror take of 'Diabolique', Penny is the mentally unbalanced wife of Harry Wells a crooked businessman who kills an intruder whom was a business rival of Harry's. After helping her husband hide the body to avoid a police investigation, Penny starts having visions of the dead man appearing before her which drives her more insane. Harry think's Penny's just imagining things, while a local psychic, named Margaret, suggests an exorcism to drive the ghost away. But the real surprise is yet to come.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 November 1980 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hammer Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

48 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Charles is wounded in the right eye, but when his face appears at the séance, the wound is over his left eye.

User Reviews

bad effects

I didn't thought that I would ever say that something was bad coming out if the Hammer house but this is not good. Bad is maybe overrated but still there are better episodes. Okay, when the rapist is shot there is a shot of his face, a bit scary but then it's downhill. The lady almost being raped shots the rapist presumed to be death. But he reappears wherever the woman is. So far so good but when she goes to a fortune teller the effects are bad. When in a séance the voice and face appears it is badly done. Okay, when the episodes end you will see what really happened but still the end is also badly done. It is in fact a good storyline but could have been done much better knowing the effects used in the seventies. Even Nosferatu was better done. But it wasn't boring and that's already a positive point, isn't it?