Summary
An English woman, psychotic and sexually repressed, murders her sadistic father, then moves to America. She soon secures a job as a maid for a wealthy family. Soon her severe psychosis and her attempts to keep her sexuality from asserting itself combine to cause trouble for all concerned.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 52GoodWatch 49
IMDb5.3
Audience score50%
Running time
1 h 42 min
A typical length for horror movies, +7 min on the typical 95
typical 95102Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1986
January 1, 1986
40 years ago
Genres
HorrorThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Canada
United Kingdom
and 7 more17 people
- Rita TushinghamEunice
- RPRoss PettyGeorge
- SPShelley PetersonJackie
- Jonathan CrombieBobby
- Jessica SteenMelinda
- Jackie BurroughsJoan Smith
- TKTom KneeboneNorman Smith
- Peter MacNeillWilliam
- DEDonald EwerMr. Parchman
- Layne ColemanPastor
- Joyce GordonAunt
- Gary KrawfordLarry
Wanda CannonBernice- JCJulian CouttsYoung Eunice's Schoolmate
- EWEileen WilliamsChurch Member
Diane FabianChurch Member- AKAndy KnottPatient
Directing · 2
- Ousama Rawi Director
- Else De Jonge Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Elaine Waisglass Screenplay
- Ruth Rendell Novel
Production · 5
- Diane Polley Casting, Casting Director
- Mark Battley Location Manager
- John Buchan Casting Assistant
- Ken Gord Production Manager
- Dorigen Fode Production Coordinator
Camera · 1
- David Herrington Director of Photography
Editing · 3
- Stan Cole Editor
- Ellen Heine Assistant Editor
- Peter Riley First Assistant Editor
Sound · 5
- Paul Zaza Original Music Composer
- Steven Cole Supervising Sound Editor
- Kirk Hawkes Music Editor
- Mike Henry Assistant Sound Editor
- Steve Gorman Assistant Sound Editor
Art · 3
- Mort Freedman Set Dresser
- Reuben Freed Art Direction
- Jaro Dick Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Linda Matheson Costume Designer
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