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Thursday 31 May 2018

Revenge (1971)

aka Inn of the Frightened People / Terror From Under the House

Publicans Jim (James Booth) and Carol Radford (Joan Collins) are faced with the horrifying prospect that the man accused of killing Jim's young daughter Jenny will walk free. Overcome with emotion, Jim and two others take it upon themselves to get a confession from the suspected murderer.
Revenge's daring script earned it an X Certificate back in the day, but times change and modern audiences may consider much of it rather silly by comparison; what that says about modern movies/audiences as a whole is an interesting thought, but now's not the time or place. It sometimes feels like a British soap opera shot on film, but the tense music (effective, if occasionally too forced) and controversial subject matter give it an edge still.

2½ cellar dwellers out of 5

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