FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Lee Eisenberg One of the lesser known British horror flicks from the '60s depicts a husband and wife going to a house where mysterious things start happening. A big difference is that this one is set in the US, and Oliver Reed affects a US accent for his character. The movie itself is nothing special, although the end is a bit of a surprise. Carol Lynley is certainly a babe. The version that I saw had the edges cut off, so the opening sequence was confusing.Basically, it's no Peter Cushing or Christopher Lee movie, but it's enjoyable enough for its run time. The British horror flick from 1967 that I recommend, though, is "It!", starring Roddy McDowall as a man who comes into possession of a golem.

aristotle61 This movie makes me want to track down the people who made it and make them watch their own movie. Virtually everything about this movie is terrible. The noise, I mean music, you hear at the beginning of the movie is just the beginning of your suffering if you continue to watch the movie. The music isn't even music, it's just fingers scratching a chalkboard. The acting is lousy. Oliver Reed, and Gig Young must have been desperate for money when they made this garbage. It fits Carol Lynley because she never could act.The story is beyond absurd. H.P. Lovecraft must be spinning in his grave. Just read the story because if you are a fan of HP Lovecraft, you will not be happy seeing what they have done with "The Shuttered Room." The setting for the story is all wrong. It's based in the sixties but they still act like it's the eighteen hundreds.I really resent having to give this movie one star.

meddlecore So THIS is where the evil twin trapped in the attic trope originated from.It all begins when Susannah Whately returns to her island home- with her new husband, Mike. After receiving word she has inherited her parent's old mill, following their tragic deaths.The island is filled with a bunch of rapey rednecks, who have nothing better to do, than to try and sexually assault young Susannah.Her aunt warns her to stay away from the old mill...as it harbours the family curse.All of her relatives have met violent ends.But the newlywed couple isn't so easily scared. They plan to clean the place up and make it their summer home.Ominous warnings aside, most of the tension comes from the potential rape of Susannah- at the hands of local thug Ethan (played by Oliver Reed).These scenes are genuinely disturbing, and are where most of the horror in this film is derived.You are kind of led to believe that the person hidden away in the attic is deformed...so it's a surprise when you see it is a female, once the twist rolls around.But, then you realize...hey, this is where The Simpson's got it from! Cool film, with lot's of rapey tension.5.5 out of 10.

mrcaw1 Carol Lynley has never looked lovelier, I'll say that for this movie. Unfortunately, she also gives perhaps one of the worst performances of her career. She was never that much of an actress to begin with but she did have a certain charm and she had that slightly raspy voice which gave her a uniqueness of her own. In this movie, however, her emotional scale ranges from dazed to slightly annoyed.Gig Young, is ridiculously miscast as her husband. Certainly he's too old for Ms. Lynley or she's to young for him, whichever but they make an odd couple either way.I think I enjoyed Mr. Young's performance the most as he chose to play it practically as if he were in one of those martini, living room light comedies. Too funny.Flora Robson turns in her usual good performances even if the words she has to say are ridiculous.And then there's Mr. Reed. Ah yes, Oliver Reed. Playing a role he was probably born to play as a Neanderthal, boorish thug in incredibly tight blue jeans! I love when he corners Ms. Lynley and licks her ear! Oh baby! The movie starts out promising and seems to strike the right New England Gothic chill note. But within about ten minutes or so the situations start to become ridiculous. The type of thing where you see something on the screen and you start yelling at it and saying things like: "Why are you following them if they just tried to drive you off the road?!"....Things like that.The plot just gets sillier and sillier and looses any kind of scary hold it might have had.But I'll say it again: Ms. Lynley was simply GORGEOUS! I kept thinking she'd be great to play Michelle Pfieffer's mother in a current movie! If I had to recommend this flick, I'd say have some movie buffs over for drinks and have a great time making fun of this silly waste of time.