Acceptable picture about twisted criminal schemes that go wrong . Short budget B-movie dealing with adolescent Susan Shelley (Susan Gordon) who is released from an asylum where she's been locked after the shock she suffered from her wealthy socialite mother Jessica's (Zsa Zsa Gabor) fiery death . Nowadays , her daddy (Don Ameche) has a new wife (Martha Hyer) who carries out malicious purports and has only married him for the money Jessica left him . Susan is still haunted by her mother's records , and her stepmother has sinister activities , as she is conspiring with her lover (Maxwell Reed) to trick the troubled girl . But Susan interferes her plans into leading them to Jessica's missing diamond necklace. Who hated Jessica enough to kill her "that" way? Her lips, cold as a tomb! Her caress , a naked chill! Tormented by the ghost of her mother ! Inferno of Terror! Through a Child's Eyes .You Will See Torment ... Murder ... And Flaming Passion! . See terror catch fire!
Well acted melodrama involving a scheming shrew freed from a mental institution where she's been confined , while her stepmother struggles to drive her mentally disturbed stepdaughter insane for the sake of cold , hard cash . Moderately eerie B chiller/thriller , made in William Castle style , it is impressively lifted thanks to a good cast , including interesting and surprising script by Robert Sherman with plenty of twists and turns . Genuinely frightening and intriguing movie features awesome acting from Don Ameche , Martha Hyer and Susan Gordon , as well as other restrained performances . This is a thrilling movie blending intriguing elements , thrills , chills , femme fatale and suspense from start to finish . A terrifying and astonishing story about greed with continuous intrigue, tension and plot twists . In spite of its low-budget the film works well, being well-paced and well made. Stars Don Ameche who was a notorious Hollywood actor , along with the always beautiful and elegant Martha Hyer as the mean spouse newly married to Ameche while battling her stepdaughter and special mention for Susan Gordon , director's daughter , as the mischievous, mysterious and strange teenager possessed by late mother's spirit . While the support cast, playing decently too , they are pretty good , such as : Zsa Zsa Gabor as the glamorous mother Jessica Flagmore , Maxwell Reed , Wendell Corey , Anna Lee and Signe Hasso as Sister René .
Here stands out the brilliant cinematography by cameraman Ellsworth Fredericks , as well as suspenseful and rousing musical score by Robert Drasnin . The picture was decently directed by Bert I. Gordon. An expert director well known for his unusual pictures , monster films and gimmicks that had large reception for the general public , though his films were mostly panned by critics . He is a good artisan working from the 50s to 2000s , making passable films in low budget. He's directed movies of all kinds of genres as children films : ¨The Magic Sword¨, ¨The boy and the pirates¨. About witchery and necromancy : ¨The Witching¨, ¨Burning at the stake¨, ¨Satan's princess¨. Erotic or Softcore : ¨The Big Bet¨, ¨Let's do it¨. And Bert has a penchant for fantasy with giant beings and huge animals : ¨The Cyclops¨, ¨King Dinosaur¨, ¨Earth vs the Spider¨,¨Beginning of the end¨, ¨War of the Colossal beast¨, ¨Village of the giants¨, ¨Attack of the Puppet people¨, ¨Empire of the ants¨, ¨The food of the goods¨, among others . Rating :6/10, acceptable and passable.
Well acted melodrama involving a scheming shrew freed from a mental institution where she's been confined , while her stepmother struggles to drive her mentally disturbed stepdaughter insane for the sake of cold , hard cash . Moderately eerie B chiller/thriller , made in William Castle style , it is impressively lifted thanks to a good cast , including interesting and surprising script by Robert Sherman with plenty of twists and turns . Genuinely frightening and intriguing movie features awesome acting from Don Ameche , Martha Hyer and Susan Gordon , as well as other restrained performances . This is a thrilling movie blending intriguing elements , thrills , chills , femme fatale and suspense from start to finish . A terrifying and astonishing story about greed with continuous intrigue, tension and plot twists . In spite of its low-budget the film works well, being well-paced and well made. Stars Don Ameche who was a notorious Hollywood actor , along with the always beautiful and elegant Martha Hyer as the mean spouse newly married to Ameche while battling her stepdaughter and special mention for Susan Gordon , director's daughter , as the mischievous, mysterious and strange teenager possessed by late mother's spirit . While the support cast, playing decently too , they are pretty good , such as : Zsa Zsa Gabor as the glamorous mother Jessica Flagmore , Maxwell Reed , Wendell Corey , Anna Lee and Signe Hasso as Sister René .
Here stands out the brilliant cinematography by cameraman Ellsworth Fredericks , as well as suspenseful and rousing musical score by Robert Drasnin . The picture was decently directed by Bert I. Gordon. An expert director well known for his unusual pictures , monster films and gimmicks that had large reception for the general public , though his films were mostly panned by critics . He is a good artisan working from the 50s to 2000s , making passable films in low budget. He's directed movies of all kinds of genres as children films : ¨The Magic Sword¨, ¨The boy and the pirates¨. About witchery and necromancy : ¨The Witching¨, ¨Burning at the stake¨, ¨Satan's princess¨. Erotic or Softcore : ¨The Big Bet¨, ¨Let's do it¨. And Bert has a penchant for fantasy with giant beings and huge animals : ¨The Cyclops¨, ¨King Dinosaur¨, ¨Earth vs the Spider¨,¨Beginning of the end¨, ¨War of the Colossal beast¨, ¨Village of the giants¨, ¨Attack of the Puppet people¨, ¨Empire of the ants¨, ¨The food of the goods¨, among others . Rating :6/10, acceptable and passable.