Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee |
A number of trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage on the island of Bela are dying in suspicious accidents. Then a bus crash puts one of the orphans, Mary Valley (Gwyneth Strong), in the hospital, where she is ministered to by Dr. Haynes (Keith Barron) and a reporter named Joan (Georgia Brown), both of whom have to contend with the girl's abusive and crazy mother, Anna (Diana Dors). Eventually Colonel Bingham (Christopher Lee) of the police and Sir Mark Ashley (Peter Cushing), a concerned doctor, head for Bela to find out exactly what is going on in the orphanage and check up on Mary. But the homicidal Anna is heading there as well, yet Mrs. Allison (Shelagh Fraser) and the other staff take it, strangely, in stride and even refuse special police guards. Bingham and Ashley discover that what's going on in the orphanage is even more horrible than they suspect ...
Georgia Brown and Peter Cushing |
Verdict: An interesting failure. **.
2 comments:
Another one I haven’t seen. Boy, Lee and Cushing made a LOT of movies together...I love them both dearly. And now Diana Dors has become a new favorite too, having enjoyed her so much in both From Beyond the Grave and Circus of Blood/Berserk.
- Chris
To use an old expression, Dors was a trip! She was so perfect as the kind of pseudo-sexy, obnoxious slattern. I think she actually got better roles once she put on all that weight. You're right that Lee and Cushing worked together innumerable times -- I hope they liked each other!
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