这并不是第一部设计到巫术杀人的电影，导演也没有野心要在巫术上作出多少创新，否则就像怪兽一样只能沦为单纯的噱头。本片的出色之处在于对气氛的巧妙把控和悬疑的精致铺陈，娓娓讲来一个如同解密游戏般的侦探故事。骨子里仍是发现狂人阴谋的英雄故事，但在猫变豹子，呼风唤雨之类的超自然细节渲染下，时不时有让人心惊肉跳的表现。大量诡异的音乐也表现不俗。
明星: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham, 雅典娜·塞勒, Liam Redmond
船員: Jacques Tourneur (Director), Charles Bennett (Screenplay), Hal E. Chester (Screenplay), M.R. James (Short Story), Frank Bevis (Producer), Edward Scaife (Director of Photography)
國家: United Kingdom
語言: English
工作室: Sabre Film Productions Ltd.
运行时间: 95 分钟
質量: HD
发布日期: Nov 09, 1957
IMDb: 4.037
關鍵詞:england, professor, investigation, animal attack, black magic, psychologist, electrocution, demon, witchcraft, skeptic, occult, hypnotism, satanic cult, séance, science vs religion, jumping through a window, stonehenge, folk horror, parapsychology, catatonic state, foggy night, supernatural power
