The read
Critics rate it 55 points higher than audiences do. Most of the 1,123 1970s drama movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on whom he depends absolutely. Before long the servant begins to dominate his master, to the alarm of the newly hired German nanny who senses sinister, demonic intent in Tom's control of the house.
Ratings
IMDb4.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 55 points higher than audiences do.
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrew SinclairDirector
- Andrew SinclairWriter
Cast
- Oliver ReedTom the butler
- Fiona LewisLily
- Anna GaëlCarlotta
- Derek JacobiGregory
- Meg Wynn OwenBeate
- John RainerClurman
- Richard DaviesJones
- Gwyneth OwenAgnes
- Patrick CarterCocky
- Elaine Ives-CameronSerena
- Tim WyltonMorrell
- Hubert ReesDr. Barratt
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Themes
occult