i saw this not well know movie when i be a little child . that night i couldn not sleep believe my mother be go to die . year later and a a teenager i saw it again . this time i think i be a mature person and nothing would happen . big mistake . another sleepless night . at the age of 27 i saw the movie again . this time and i say and i be go to prove myself it not gon na shock me a before . another big mistake . the movie be show on tv via tcm channel ( in astra ) every month . i have tap the movie and it one of my dear treasure . but it hard to see it again . everytime i decide to see it again i know i be gon na feel so bad that i good not think about it twice . you could think this be some kind of masochism or self mental injury . but i do not think so . our mother house be just a brilliant movie . and yes and i also consider it a gem wait to be discover and release in a excellent dvd special edition . so much have be say about it here . a drama . a horror movie . the loss of childhood . everything it true . the movie atmosphere be so dark and blue that you can feel how those child feel . the child do a fine job as well a dirk bogarde and yootha yoice ( the later mrs. roper in the cult sitcom man about the house ) . i have never read the book but the movie be a must see . a some user say and this be a movie about child . but not for child . my own experience teach me that some movie can be traumatic . but i wonder how the director and actor manage to deal with this story without disturb the child . do the child notice what be the story about . specially in the final scene . a big question i hope can be answer in a future dvd release . follow my advice . get a chance and see it .