On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...
Directed by Bernard Vorhaus
mystic
film noir
black and white
beach house
fake death
séance
return from dead
fake psychic
secluded beach
phoney spiritualist
grieving widow
male gold digger
charming man
sisters relationship
husband fakes his death
crashing waves
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3.3 / 5
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Cast
Turhan Bey
Alexis
Lynn Bari
Christine Faber
Cathy O'Donnell
Janet Burke
Richard Carlson
Martin Abbott
Donald Curtis
Paul Faber
Virginia Gregg
Emily
Norma Varden
Wealthy looking woman
Crew
Bernard Vorhaus
Director
Ian McLellan Hunter
Screenplay
John Alton
Director of Photography
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Crane Wilbur
Story
Stewart Stern
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Popular Reviews
7 reviews
Somto UmeloPRO
6.0★ · 02/02/25
Not for me
Not for me
SofiaPRO
6.0★ · 08/27/23
this movie would have been more realistic if there was a lobotomy
this movie would have been more realistic if there was a lobotomy
M Hansen
7.0★ · 08/14/23
Monitored for WQAD3 on Midnight Mausoleum:
A fun mystery ghost story. Cinematography is CRAZY for 48’. Watch for the seance scenes alone.
Monitored for WQAD3 on Midnight Mausoleum:
A fun mystery ghost story. Cinematography is CRAZY for 48’. Watch for the seance scenes alone.
LF
8.8★ · 03/31/23
Underrated gem! This movie was twisty and did some really cool camera tricks and even some things with the score where I was like “ohhhh, ok” surprised this didn’t turn into more of a cult classic
Underrated gem! This movie was twisty and did some really cool camera tricks and even some things with the score where I was like “ohhhh, ok” surprised this didn’t turn into more of a cult classic
