This early horror effort from Jacques Tourneur and Val Lewton tries for atmospheric and might have achieved it, in its day. Unfortunately, there's not a lot here that a pessimist like me wouldn't be bargaining on, from the painfully stilted acting to the dodgy sexual and racial politics. The story plays like a cousin to Jane Eyre, with a beautiful young nurse co-opted to a remote location and falling for the handsome but stern master of the house - it's a classic setup, but sadly, censorship rules of the time don't really allow the cast and crew to run with it.
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