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Symptoms

  • 19741974
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  • 1h 32m
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6.5/10
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Lorna Heilbron, Marie-Paule Mailleux, Angela Pleasence, and Peter Vaughan in Symptoms (1974)
Horror
A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who iss... Read allA young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.
IMDb RATING
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1.6K
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    • José Ramón Larraz
    • José Ramón Larraz(screenplay)
    • Stanley Miller(screenplay)
    • Thomas Owen(story)
  • Stars
    • Angela Pleasence
    • Peter Vaughan
    • Lorna Heilbron
    • José Ramón Larraz
    • José Ramón Larraz(screenplay)
    • Stanley Miller(screenplay)
    • Thomas Owen(story)
  • Stars
    • Angela Pleasence
    • Peter Vaughan
    • Lorna Heilbron
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    • 24User reviews
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    Angela Pleasence
    Angela Pleasence
    • Helen
    Peter Vaughan
    Peter Vaughan
    • Brady
    Lorna Heilbron
    Lorna Heilbron
    • Anne
    Nancy Nevinson
    Nancy Nevinson
    • Hannah
    Ronald O'Neil
    • John
    • (as Ronald O'Neill)
    Marie-Paule Mailleux
    • Cora
    Mike Grady
    Mike Grady
    • Nick
    • (as Michael Grady)
    Raymond Huntley
    Raymond Huntley
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      • José Ramón Larraz
      • José Ramón Larraz(screenplay)
      • Stanley Miller(screenplay)
      • Thomas Owen(story) (uncredited)
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      Disappeared a few years after release and included in BFI's "most wanted" list of missing feature films in 2008. Negatives mysteriously showed up in 2014.
    • Connections
      Featured in Symptoms: An Interview with Angela Pleasence (2016)

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    7/10
    Nice terror , thriller and suspense movie by Spanish filmmaker José Ramón Larraz
    A young woman called Anne (Lorna Heilbron) is invited by her girlfriend named Helen (Angela Pleasence) , who lives in an English country house , to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems and neither is the friend who issued the invitation, as things go wrong when strange happenings start appearing at the woods and at the weird mansion .

    An interesting and terrifying movie with tension, thrills, chills, suspense and an unexpected conclusion. It is an enjoyable film that owes a lot to ¨Polanski's Repulsion¨ and ¨Hitchcock's Psychosis¨by taking parts here and there , although , of course , inferior to these two great terror films that quickly established themselves as classics in its field and whose frames have been very imitated since . This Symptoms (1974) packs a chilling feeling of incipient madness that has seldom been realised with such imagination and skill , containing some hallucinatory and surprising scenes . Larraz's direction is slow but deliberate , never missing a chance of jolting the audience with a sudden shock . This disturbing horror movie was such a critical and public success at the time , but unfortunately after being forgotten , and nowadays recuperated from obscurity and considered to be a cult movie . Terrific acting from main starring Angela Pleasence who shows efficiently all the agony of a tormented mind in her eyes .Also very nice acting from his beloved friend Lorna Heilbron and the suspicious handyman played by veteran Peter Vaughn . Special mention for the thrilling and suspenseful musical score by John Scott.

    This much-loved 70s shocker was professional and stylistically directed by Jose Ramon Larraz . Larraz who deceased in 2013 started in cinema world by casual way when he meets the famous director Josef Von Stenberg running a cinematographic course in Brussels . Larraz was a director of horror and erotic films and former comic book illustrator and fashion photographer . Worked in England as Joseph Larraz, and in Spain, using the pseudonym Joseph Braunstein . Larraz subsequently shot horror classics , cult obscurities , euro-trash , and even some sexploitation . As he filmed his first movies in England , plenty of terror , suspense and sex , such as ¨Whirlpool¨ (1970) , ¨Deviation¨(1971) , ¨La Muerte Incierta¨(1972) , ¨Scream or die¨(1973) and ¨Symptoms¨ with Angela Pleasence and Peter Vaughan . He also shot soft-cores and then Jose Ramón returns Spain filming horror and semi-exploitative movies such as ¨Estigma¨ , ¨Ritos Sexuales Del Diablo¨, ¨Al Filo del Hacha¨ and ¨Descanse en Piezas¨ , imitating the American Slashers of the 70s and 80s . His most successful film is this ¨Vampyres¨ about bloodsuckers who get victims to pull over hitchhiking , played by Playboy young models with sexy bodies , blending arty house , horror and erotic situations . Symptoms (1974) rating : Notable terror movie . Most hardcore Euro horror fans will appreciate the kinkiness of this film as that is what gives it its distinctive flavour . A compelling movie that's a must for connoisseurs of the cinema's darker corners.
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      • June 1976 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • Belgium
      • Spain
      • English
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      • High Street, Pinner, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Finiton Productions
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes
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