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Based on the novel by Susan Hill. A young lawyer is sent to wind up the affairs of a deceased woman. He begins to put two and two together about her strange life, alone in a big mysterious house.
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Based on the novel by Susan Hill. A young lawyer is sent to wind up the affairs of a deceased woman. He begins to put two and two together about her strange life, alone in a big mysterious house. Years later, he recounts his experiences in hopes of exorcising the ghosts of the past. A brilliantly effective spine-chiller - it plays on all our Primal Fears As a play, it binds the audience in its tightly-knitted plot which unravels an incredible sequence of events and as a theatrical experience, a poignant one that is never to be forgotten. IMAGINATIVE AND HIDEOUSLY REAL An elderly lawyer hires the services of a young actor to re-enact the experiences of his youth in an attempt to exorcise a ghost which has been haunting him. Their rehearsals conjure up a world of dark, secluded houses, petrified locals and a story which is both tragic and terrifying. With just...
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