Mario Bava's final film plods along for a little over an hour before it really starts to cook, and then it turns into an authentic Mario Bava film - heavy on effects, chills, and suspense and light on plot and acting prowess. A widow remarries and moves with her young son and new husband back into her old home she'd shared with her first husband, only to find that sometimes dead is better. Well, maybe not in those exact words, but she does feel awfully haunted all of a sudden. Or is she being gaslighted? Again, nice twists, but it's so slow. The kid sure is damn creepy, though.
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