Director Roy Boulting reunites his two leads from his lighthearted romantic comedy The Family Way, Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett for his suspensful thriller, Twisted Nerve.
From a script by Peeping Tom scribe, Leo Marks and Boulting we are treated to a deliciously evil little film that builds and builds with dread. Starting out rather pleasant and light it slowly leads into a truly sadistic and disturbing finale.
Bennett is the highlight of the film as the psychotic manboy who you can't help but be drawn to. Mills is really nice to look at and suitable for the part but doesn't hold up against Bennett's performance.
While the film is offensively outdated in subject matter, it still managed to delight with the performances and how everything unfolds in the end. A must see for anyone who enjoyed Hitchcock's thrillers of that time. Great fun, if not a little twisted.
4 hatchets to the head out of 5
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