Night Has Eyes -B&W-

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The foggy Yorkshire moors...with murder and madness. Nice thriller with a young James Mason but a poor VHS transfer
Two young school teachers decide to visit the Yorkshire moors where, a year earlier, a friend of theirs disappeared. They find an isolated mansion on the edge of a foggy, desolate marsh. In it, James Mason, a pianist recovering from nightmares, is taken care of by a housekeeper and a handyman. Something mysterious is going on, with doors slowly closing and warnings about the marshland. This is early Mason, but he already has the romantic but driven and possibly violent persona down pat. The movie itself is pretty good but the VHS transfer isn't. The transfer is shaky, a little out of focus and much of the action in the night scenes (and there are a lot of night scenes) gets lost. Still, if you like old, dark houses, stormy nights and James Mason, it's worth the price.

Early James Mason thriller is still entertaining!
I'm a big fan of James Mason & here you get to see one of his earliest movies. The plot is pretty simple: two young schoolteachers take a walk after a bad storm & get lost. James Mason finds them & brings them to his house which is somewhat isolated from the rest of civilization! At his house the two women learn that Mason is a composer & a bitter veteran of the Spanish Civil War. The piano playing scenes with Mason aren't convincing at all but the music is great! The women also learn that a friend of theirs who's been missing for months had a relationship with Mason, & from there the tension builds & builds until the ending which has a surprise twist. Is Mason a murderer or a framed man? Watch this movie & find out! While the acting from the other cast members is a little too over-the-top, James Mason is terrific (as usual) & makes this worth watching. This is even more fun on a rainy night!