"The Terror" is a 1963 horror mystery directed by Roger Corman, Francis Ford Coppola and Jack Hale. The stars Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson and Sandra Knight.
A French soldier called Lt. Andre Duvalier is lost but there's a woman at the beach who disappears. He finds her again and she tells him that her name is Helene. A strange bird attacks him and he's woken up in a dwelling of an old woman who nursed him. What's more strange is that her own pet bird is the same one that attacked him, and it's also called Helene. Andre recovers and is eager to find out who the mysterious Helene is.
This film has plenty of gothic atmosphere and lovely scenery of the coast and woods. The sets are beautiful and spooky. There is a dreamy quality to the film also in many scenes such as when the old woman mesmerises Helene with a colourful light. There is some gore and shocks that seem to be quite nasty for its time. I rate this quaint little horror flick a nice 7/10.
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