When novelist Paula Martin retreats to the seclusion of her family home Crows Hall she hopes to clear her mind and focus on her new book.
The arrival of an assistant, Linda, should take the pressure off
But bodies begin to pile up, and Paula finds herself trapped in a terrifying nightmare of murder and madness.....
A remake of the criminally under seen 'house on straw hill', Stalker begins very well, and Kemp proves he is as good behind the camera as well as in front of it. But as soon as March appears on the screen, it falls apart.
I haven't seen March in anything prolific since Color Of Night, and back then she was known as 'The Sinner From Pinner' and this stuck in my head for the majority of the film.
Salmon is good, but he's nothing more than a narrator, filling in the blanks for the clueless audience...if there are any.
The rest of the cast are really good, but March hams it up too much to be a convincing men ace. Half the time she looks ill, and the other half just being too prissy toward everyone.
So all in all, it's well made, Kemp is a very able auteur, but March needs to pull her reins in. She ruins the movie.
The arrival of an assistant, Linda, should take the pressure off
But bodies begin to pile up, and Paula finds herself trapped in a terrifying nightmare of murder and madness.....
A remake of the criminally under seen 'house on straw hill', Stalker begins very well, and Kemp proves he is as good behind the camera as well as in front of it. But as soon as March appears on the screen, it falls apart.
I haven't seen March in anything prolific since Color Of Night, and back then she was known as 'The Sinner From Pinner' and this stuck in my head for the majority of the film.
Salmon is good, but he's nothing more than a narrator, filling in the blanks for the clueless audience...if there are any.
The rest of the cast are really good, but March hams it up too much to be a convincing men ace. Half the time she looks ill, and the other half just being too prissy toward everyone.
So all in all, it's well made, Kemp is a very able auteur, but March needs to pull her reins in. She ruins the movie.