this late ish effort from freda play a a modern day ( 70 that be ) gothic thriller and but come out short of thrill . certainly it not a dreadfully bad film and it jut get that feel which many of freda later film have of someone who have give up when he see the first daily . it start out good enough and almost giallo like in tone and then take a turn into gothic territory with a decent ( albeit terribly cliché ) set up . then suddenly freda seem to have lose interest in the film and all we get be prolonged shot of camille keaton and burning candle . then circa an hour into the film we get some sort of violent climax with decent to poor special effect . this be follow by a slow pace outro with a very obvious twist end ( if it even intend to be a twist . ) . and throw a few very halfhearted explanatory scene along the way and you get tragic ceremony . thus in part it get it quality . but then suddenly stumble and collapse in front of you . a pity . btw stay away from the sharoma dvd and a useless murky pan and scan edition which kill of what could be a good visual experience .