Film Forum

U.S., 1971
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Starring Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, Diane Grayson
Approx. 89 min. 35mm.

“Sarah has been recently blinded by a fall from a horse and is recuperating at the sprawling country estate of her aunt, uncle, and cousin. While she is out one afternoon with her ex-boyfriend Steve, an uninvited guest makes a house call, leaving behind a house full of corpses. When Sarah returns later, she is puzzled by the unexplained absence of her relatives until she discovers the bloody body of her uncle in the tub the next day while drawing a bath. Fleeing the house in terror with a crucial piece of evidence that the killer left behind—an engraved bracelet—Sarah barely escapes being caught by the maniac, but her trials are just beginning.” – Turner Classic Movies

Reviews

“One of those movies that is so successful at creating empathy for its star (and in expressing her limited point of view) that it becomes anxiety provoking.”
– John Kenneth Muir

“A perfect modern specimen of the old-style A-plus suspense.”
– Variety