Top Billed Cast

Stephanie Beacham
Catherine Fengriffen
Peter Cushing
Dr. Pope
Patrick Magee
Dr. Whittle
Herbert Lom
Henry Fengriffen
Ian Ogilvy
Charles Fengriffen
Geoffrey Whitehead
Silas / Woodsman
Guy Rolfe
Maitland
Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs. Luke
Gillian Lind
Aunt Edith
Janet Key
Bridget
Sally Harrison
Sarah
John Sharp
Henry's Friend
Norman Mitchell
Constable
Lloyd Lamble
Sir John Westcliff
Kay Adrian
David Alan Barclay
Blake Butler
Vic Chapman
Frank Forsyth
Servant
Daniel Johns
(as Daniel Jones)
Hilary Martyn
(as Hilary Martin)
Sylvester Morand
Beth Owen
Toni Sinclair
Elsa Smith
John Stamp
Larry Taylor
Bearded Drunk
Rocky Taylor
Gloria Maley
(as Gloria Walker)
Drew Wood

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Fri Mar 27 2020

**_Bad first half, good second half_** Catherine (Stephanie Beacham) moves to the Fengriffen manor in rural England, 1795, to marry her fiancé Charles (Ian Ogilvy) where she’s immediately fascinated by a portrait of his dead father, Henry (Herbert Lom), as well as harassed by spectral images, including that of a severed hand. Does the loner woodsman (Geoffrey Whitehead) hold the key to why the estate is cursed? Peter Cushing dominates the second half as a doctor of the mind. Amicus’ “And Now the Screaming Starts!” (1973) has a typical plot for British horror of that era, but it lacks fin...