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Dreadful Consequences of ordinary people taking the law into their own hands; but Seely's guilt (heavily signalled in Kenneth Griffith's sweet-sucking performance) rather undermines the second idea, while the instant nastiness of the other characters confines the first to the most perfunctory development. The grotesque improbability of the relationships (
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kill him. Having Seely in the cellar puts a strain on the relationships within the family, especially between Carol and Lee, and also on the business, when Carol tries to prevent brewery deliveryman Fred from delivering the stock. Things reach a head when it seems that Seely may be innocent after all, and the relationships between Jim, Harry and Lee become more fractured.
423:' house was no match for this) is further highlighted by the matter-of-fact suburban dialogue, with characters seriously suggesting nice cups of tea as antidotes to every excess of grief, lust and violence, and Joan Collins' put-upon housewife declaring 'I don't know what's come over us', as she eagerly submits to her stepson's rape."
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audience helps sustain interest and makes the last-minute surprise climax all the more telling. ... The performances are all excellent, while the visual direction is interesting without ever being intrusive, and production values are more than adequate."
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