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6.0/10 • 60

1973-04-271h 31m

Horror

The hand that crawls, kills, and lives!

In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of husband Charles Fengriffen. The bride, Catherine, falls victim to a curse placed by a wronged servant on the Fengriffen family and all its descendants.

Directors
Roy Ward Baker
Editors
Peter Tanner

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  1. Stephanie Beacham

    Stephanie Beacham

    Catherine Fengriffen

  2. Peter Cushing

    Peter Cushing

    Dr. Pope

  3. Patrick Magee

    Patrick Magee

    Dr. Whittle

  4. Herbert Lom

    Herbert Lom

    Henry Fengriffen

  5. Ian Ogilvy

    Ian Ogilvy

    Charles Fengriffen

  6. Geoffrey Whitehead

    Geoffrey Whitehead

    Silas / Woodsman

  7. Guy Rolfe

    Guy Rolfe

    Maitland

  8. Rosalie Crutchley

    Rosalie Crutchley

    Mrs. Luke

  9. Gillian Lind

    Gillian Lind

    Aunt Edith

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Wuchak

Mar 27, 2020

5/10

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 finesse in execution, like the curious overuse of the quick zoom on Henry's portrait to suggest a sense of foreboding and the cheesy severed hand that rears its fingers too early. Catherine’s hysterics don’t help. Thankfully, the second half gets compelling with the arrival of Dr. Pope (Cushing) and an interesting flashback to 1745 that explains the weird goings-on. Of course Stephanie was one of the most beautiful women to walk the earth. So this is a tale of two halves: The first half veers toward “What were they thinking?” bad while the second half is quite good. The film runs 1 hour and 31 minutes and was shot at Shepperton Studios, Middlesex, England, with the exteriors of Fengriffen Castle done in Windsor, Berkshire. GRADE: C

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
rapesupernaturalhaunted housepossessioncurseold houseghostsevered hand