Monday, October 14, 2013

The Ghost (1963)

Magna Pictures
Directed by Riccardo Freda
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Retromedia)

Plodding story of a wife who conspires with her lover to murder her crippled husband, but then is haunted by the dead man. It all takes place in a remote Scottish castle in 1910, giving it a Gothic-tinged period atmosphere. However, the mystery of the "haunting" is obvious and the melodrama tends to overwhelm the supernatural elements. Barbara Steele is good as usual in her role as the tormented wife.

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