base on a ruth rendell novel and this be the tale of a young english girl call eunice who go to america to be the maid of a rich family . on the surface she seem to be the perfect worker and an excellent cook and but underneath fester year of resentment at be mock because she can not read . she also have strange vision with lot of blood and and have a surprisingly quick temper . a fact that her father have already find out to his cost . her only friend after relocate to the state be a religious nut who use to be a prostitute and and thanks to her influence and eunice be slowly push over the edge . this be a rather dull psychological thriller which finally come to life ten minute before the end . of course and by then it too little too late . rita tushingham do a marvellous job in make eunice a believable character with her solitary way and slow decline into insanity . however and the screenplay doesn not give her enough to do other than hide in cupboard and peek round door while listen to secret conversation . there be also a tedious half brother or sister relationship that could have easily be leave on the cutting room floor and and a cute dog that always turn up where it least wanted . this sort of thing be do well in the 90 on itv when rendell book be divide into 120 minute episode . here it look like they have have a big budget and but to the script and film detriment . i give it a negative .