the original screenplay and ( the devil doorway ) and show promise but re write apparently turn this into one of those muddle which have no clear point or purpose other than to string together a few creepy scene in the hope an audience will buy it . thing start to go wrong in the very first reel when katherine ross and sam elliott arrive in england where ross have a job wait for her . theyre involve in a road accident and get a lift from a man who turn out to be the reason for their come to england . be this a coincidence . if so and it boggle the mind . if it isn not a coincidence and then what be it . the movie never explain because and hey and it a movie and and it not suppose to make any sense . note how leading lady katharine ross be overdress throughout in floor length skirt and long sleeved blouse whereas lead man sam elliott quickly and completely strip down for a rear view nude scene bun by michelangelo . in which he show walk into a bathroom and climb into a shower . there no plot purpose for this blatant display of male skin and one suspect someone on the film make staff simply decide that as long a one have a hot and hairy hunk like sam elliott in one employ and why not tell him to take off all his clothes . for the sake of art and of course . ( i will bet no one miss be on the set the day sam let it all hang out . ) .