This is one of the most accomplished horror films ever made for its subtlety in building up a towering nightmare assuming overwhelming proportions, with excellent players, all making some of their best parts of their careers, especially Derrick de Marney and Jean Simmons. De Marney is uncle Silas, a very shrewd scoundrel with a murder in his past which he got away from, taking care of his niece Jean Simmons in the hopes of acquiring her inheritance bý fraud, while she suspects nothing - to begin with, but she gradually finds herself waking up to a nightmare. Katina Paxinou makes another unforgettable horror portrait as the governess, but most of all Robert Krasker's expert photography makes this film a very special treat of a most unique kind. Someone said it was the epitome of Gothic victorian horror, and that is strking home. You will never forget this film, and you are almost sure to return to it once more, sooner or later...
Review of The Inheritance
