1978·Thriller·1h 26m
7.0
★
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
small town
composer
cricket
super power
based on short story
devon
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Cast
Alan Bates
Charles Crossley
Susannah York
Rachel Fielding
John Hurt
Anthony Fielding
Robert Stephens
Chief Medical Officer
Tim Curry
Robert Graves
Carol Drinkwater
Cobbler's Wife
Jim Broadbent
Fielder in Cowpat
Susan Wooldridge
Harriet
Peter Benson
Harry the Shepherd
Joanna Szczerbic
Cricket Umpire (uncredited)
Crew
Jerzy Skolimowski
Director
Jerzy Skolimowski
Screenplay
Tony Banks
Original Music Composer
Mike Rutherford
Original Music Composer
Jeremy Thomas
Producer
Rupert Hine
Musician
Robert Graves
Story
Popular Reviews
39 reviews
Kieran
6.0★ · 02/18/26
Jokes on them, the volume I listen to music at has already fried my hearing.
Plumbs similar depths, in its exploration of the evil in the mundane and the magick of the uncanny, as The Appointment. Bates is superb, the infringement of the otherworldly into pastoral life is realised gorgeously. I just needed more from it. A rewatch will hopefully enlighten me.
Plumbs similar depths, in its exploration of the evil in the mundane and the magick of the uncanny, as The Appointment. Bates is superb, the infringement of the otherworldly into pastoral life is realised gorgeously. I just needed more from it. A rewatch will hopefully enlighten me.
Jokes on them, the volume I listen to music at has already fried my hearing.
Plumbs similar depths, in its exploration of the evil in the mundane and the magick of the uncanny, as The Appointment. Bates is superb, the infringement of the otherworldly into pastoral life is realised gorgeously. I just needed more from it. A rewatch will hopefully enlighten me.
Plumbs similar depths, in its exploration of the evil in the mundane and the magick of the uncanny, as The Appointment. Bates is superb, the infringement of the otherworldly into pastoral life is realised gorgeously. I just needed more from it. A rewatch will hopefully enlighten me.
Isabell
6.0★ · 01/31/26
Yo soy el pavo ese y m cargo al de los chillios
Yo soy el pavo ese y m cargo al de los chillios
Isabel
6.0★ · 01/31/26
Yo soy el pavo ese y m cargo al de los chillios
Yo soy el pavo ese y m cargo al de los chillios
JD
6.0★ · 05/11/25
The shout will make you throw up without control! Be careful!
The shout will make you throw up without control! Be careful!
Madlo
7.1★ · 05/11/25
Holy shit he sure did shout
Holy shit he sure did shout