I'll let you watch and find out what I mean by the title line. Why is it that when actresses get past 40 (in this case Elizabeth Taylor) they are cast in horror films? Is the male dominated film industry secretly afraid that when women hit menopause they will become unstable and violent? But I digress. In this case, Taylor plays a woman, Ellen, who had a nervous breakdown when her first husband was killed in a car accident with his lover and she had to identify the body. But now she's married again (Laurence Harvey). She claims to have seen a murder occur in the house next door, but a search by the police finds nothing. There is a freshly dug flower bed near the old house, and the police dig that up and find nothing but daisies. So the police are growing tired of Ellen calling them about every little thing that happens. And then on the night that Ellen is to leave town the story takes a startling turn.
If you are used to American films where endings are wrapped up neatly and everything is explained, prepare to be disappointed. You never quite know if justice was served or not. The film could have been shorter, and Liz is still hot here at age 41, but she still camps it up just a bit too much for my taste. Laurence Harvey is much better here than he was when he was opposite Liz in Butterfield Eight in which the whole cast camped it up - the dialog didn't help - but poor Mr. Harvey would not get more chances to use his improved craft. He died the same year this was released, at only age 45, from stomach cancer.
I'd give this one a 7 if it had been shortened a bit and Taylor's performance had been a bit less over the top.
If you are used to American films where endings are wrapped up neatly and everything is explained, prepare to be disappointed. You never quite know if justice was served or not. The film could have been shorter, and Liz is still hot here at age 41, but she still camps it up just a bit too much for my taste. Laurence Harvey is much better here than he was when he was opposite Liz in Butterfield Eight in which the whole cast camped it up - the dialog didn't help - but poor Mr. Harvey would not get more chances to use his improved craft. He died the same year this was released, at only age 45, from stomach cancer.
I'd give this one a 7 if it had been shortened a bit and Taylor's performance had been a bit less over the top.