director or writer michael winner feature be a good than expect offbeat supernatural horror film ( although still schlock efficiently cater for ) and which really do by go unnoticed . sure it might borrow idea from other similar theme horror movie of this period and but still manage to bring it own psychological imprint to the smokescreen material ( of good vs. evil ) and a unique vision that have a fair share of impressively expansive and if somewhat exploitative set piece . a a whole it sketchy and however remain intriguing by instill an ominous charge without go gang buster with the scare . actually there always something go on amongst it busy framework and but it rather down play with it shock steer to soapy pattern and atmospheric tailoring and up until it vividly repellent and grisly climax with a downbeat revelation . winner dress up craftsmanship might feel pedestrian and however it the ensemble cast that really hold it together a you try to spot the face . there plenty too . some have more to do with the scheme of thing than others and but there no doubt every one of them be commit and despite the ludicrously crude nature of it all . it interest to see name like sylvia mile ( who significantly creepy . ) and beverly dangelo ( likewise ) and deborah raffin and eli wallach and christopher walken and william hickey ( a neat cameo ) and jeff goldblum and jerry orbach and tom berenger in bit part . then you get a mild mannered chris sarandon and movingly gorgeous cristina raines in the lead . offer able support josé ferrer and martin balsam and ava gardner and john carradine and burgess meredith and arthur kennedy . the script do throw around many character and as well a notion but get disjointedly sidetrack by try to squeeze all of it in . however it disorient air work in it favour in establish the suspicion and deception of what really go on here . be there a reason for all of this and and why be it surround raines character . the emphasis be mainly build upon that moody angle and a it begin to slowly shed light of her inner going and that of the strange or worrying experience she encounter when she move into her new apartment . this be where winner try to pull out the eerie shade and which project some icy moment . gil melle be the man responsible for the grand and overpower orchestral score that never miss a cue and richard c. kratina instrument the sweeping and scope like photography .