And so, I resume my quest to resurrect the oldest thread.
Not deliberate I might add - this film was on recently and it's about the fourth time** I have watched it, so was going to create a thread for it anyway .........................read on :-
All good reviews here and yes, it is one of my favourite horror films that for me was way ahead of its time in effectiveness, as so many of this genre around the late 1950s were laughable.
Indeed Mr. Barrowclough was in it (Brian Wilde) and it took a minute or two for me to realise it was him and Trigger's dad Charles Lloyd Pack had a minor part. And from the IMDb I see that Daniel Brown, who played the demon uncredited enjoyed quite a good career in mostly films and also mostly uncredited - I wonder if anyone ever asked him for his autograph?
** Anyway what I also wanted to mention, is the first time I saw this was at the cinema when I was 12 years old and being "A" rated meant that children could only see the film if accompanied by an adult, AND SO what we would do is stand on the steps of the cinema and ask a single male (usually) if they would take us into the film. If they said yes, then you handed them your 9d or whatever it was and in the two of you go with the man paying for two tickets. Once inside the cinema you went you separate ways into different seats.
I know, this sounds seriously weird and very dodgy now, but then there never was any of it being more that helping a child to see an adult rated film and was quite a common occurrence.
I hasten to add also that I was never propositioned, and the film scared me shitless at the time!!