Taste of Fear

Taste of Fear

1961 · 82 min · EN · NR · 7.1 (153 votes)
Dir. Seth Holt · Starring Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee, John Serret, Leonard Sachs · Music Clifton Parker

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A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.

VIBE

A creeping dread permeates this gothic mystery. The opulent French Riviera setting contrasts sharply with the suffocating paranoia and unsettling atmosphere. It's a slow-burn descent into psychological torment where nothing is quite as it seems.

suspensefulgothicunsettlingclaustrophobicslow-burngiallo-adjacentpsychological thrillerperiod pieceatmosphericgaslightingparanoiafamily secretsisolation
chauffeurdrowningfranceparaplegicstaged deathsecret identitystepmotherfrench rivieramurderdead bodyinheritancerescue from drowningheiressdrive over cliffstepparent stepchild relationshipdead fatherwoman in wheelchairsuspicious doctor