'Spell Of Evil' brings Thriller's first series to an effective, if underwhelming, climax. A somewhat less successful venture into the supernatural, it nevertheless brings out reasonably good acting performances from the main leads Diana Cilento and Edward De Souza.
The story begins with the somewhat unsettling death of Tony Mansell's wife who seems to have taken the sudden vision of a black-clad figure as being absolutely terrifying in a 'let's scare her to death' fashion. After the obligatory mourning period Mansell decides to go down the personal ads route in an effort to find love. Enter Cilento's Gothic beauty Clara who makes sure he swallows the love potion bait without delay.
From then on Clara and her particular brand of witchcraft begins to exert a malignant influence over Mansell and he soon falls ill. He must then rely on the suspicious nature of others to save him from these evil clutches.
It pans out reasonably well but is hard to take seriously. A somewhat disappointing end to the opening series but at this point there have been enough highpoints throughout the previous episodes to ensure that overall, Thriller is something very special indeed.
The story begins with the somewhat unsettling death of Tony Mansell's wife who seems to have taken the sudden vision of a black-clad figure as being absolutely terrifying in a 'let's scare her to death' fashion. After the obligatory mourning period Mansell decides to go down the personal ads route in an effort to find love. Enter Cilento's Gothic beauty Clara who makes sure he swallows the love potion bait without delay.
From then on Clara and her particular brand of witchcraft begins to exert a malignant influence over Mansell and he soon falls ill. He must then rely on the suspicious nature of others to save him from these evil clutches.
It pans out reasonably well but is hard to take seriously. A somewhat disappointing end to the opening series but at this point there have been enough highpoints throughout the previous episodes to ensure that overall, Thriller is something very special indeed.