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Taste of Fear

Taste of Fear

Thriller · Mystery · Horror · 1961

A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.

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Taste of Fear

“For maximum thrill…We earnestly urge you to see this motion picture from the start!”

1961 Thriller · Mystery · Horror 1h 22m

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7.1 / 10

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A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Seth Holt

Written by

Jimmy Sangster

Susan Strasberg

Susan Strasberg

Penny Appleby

Ronald Lewis

Ronald Lewis

Robert

Ann Todd

Ann Todd

Jane Appleby

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Doctor Pierre Gerrard

John Serret

John Serret

Inspector Legrand

Leonard Sachs

Leonard Sachs

Mr. Spratt

Anne Blake

Anne Blake

Marie the Maid

Court is in session

Put Taste of Fear on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.