Review of Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) by Kevin S — 02 Mar 2008
If there is one thing I've learned from films like Gone Baby Gone and Ransom and Jack the Bear and Man On Fire, it is that when you're kidnapping a child, everything that can go wrong will go wrong.
Seance on a Wet Afternoon offers no exception to that rule. Don't let the title fool you, this one is more suspense than horror, though it has a few elements of the latter. Kim Stanley is creepishly wonderful as the disturbed medium and Richard Attenborough's submissive husband character is spot-on.
For a film that I caught quite by accident, with no preconceived notions or high expectations, I was pleasantly surprised. This is a movie on par with better known genre gems like Diabolique and Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte.
This review of Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) was written by Kevin S on 02 Mar 2008.
Seance on a Wet Afternoon has generally received very positive reviews.
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