Meredith Stone, a home care nurse, has been assigned the duty of looking after a wealthy invalid named Ivar Langrock. Cooped up in Langrock's stately country mansion, Meredith quickly suspects that someone sinister is lurking in the manor's dark halls only to discover that Ivar's demented and violent son has been locked away in a hidden room. Shortly thereafter, Ivar's grandson Gabriel also moves into the house and with his arrival a mysterious killer soon begins murdering members of the Langrock family along with their live-in staff.
Bizzare early slasher that despite its 1980s production date, owes more to 70s slow burn murder mysteries and the juxtaposition between the working class and the artisotcractic. A film that deals in the oppression of isolation, Forbidden and twisted love, and the secrets lurking just beneath the surface of normality. Vinegar syndrome has yet again provided cinephiles with an education. The Fellas from the Hysteria Continues podcast provide a excellent commentary as usual.
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