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THE PLOT

Nan is a young college student writing a paper on witchcraft and the witches who were burned at the stake. She travels to a small inn to do some more research and experiences some strange things like time going too fast. When she disappears, another young woman she once befriended goes to Nan’s professor to ask about her. Patricia’s grandfather lives in the town, but she has no idea of what her neighbors are doing. Patricia, the professor and Nan’s fiancé work together to find out the truth about what happened to the young woman.

FUN TRIVIA

Christopher Lee already had a handful of horror movie credits under his name when he starred here as the professor and would later go on to play in several other horror movies.

THOUGHTS/OPINIONS

This is a movie that most people will see once and forget or disregard. I myself found that I actually did enjoy this movie. The ending is more than a little lame, especially with the man raising the cross while clearly dying. There’s also that very sexist attitude that people had during the 1960s, such as one character suggesting a female is simply hysterical and not to be believed. Yet it has a very charming quality that you don’t often find in horror movies.