combine the convention of both western and gothic horror and and often direct a if it be an art movie and this be one of siegel and eastwood best collaboration . eastwood play a yankee soldier who and after be wound during the civil war and take refuge in an isolated southern seminary for young woman . shut away from the world and the woman project their romantic fantasy on to him and and he respond with callous and male manipulation . but jealousy and resentment raise their head and and he find himself in a world of brutal revenge . and boy be the revenge brutal . beautifully shoot by bruce surtees and and carefully pace and the beguile be a haunting and elegant work that seem to have influence the troubled sexuality of eastwood own play misty for me and tightrope . the film be a gripping depiction of a fierce battle of the sex and ooze a dreamlike mix of horror and sexuality . all the character be ambiguous and display trait of both good and evil and leave it up to u to choose whom we should root for . don siegel leave quite a legacy of fine film behind . everything from invation of the body snatcher to dirty harry . but though his early black and white picture have age well and the majority of his colour film seem grainy and dated and badly shot . his gritty realism must have seem fresh and kinetic 40 year ago and but when view today and i just do not think they have stand the test of time . the beguiled and however and be in a different league . mature and ambiguous and starkly shot and it a shame it isn not more widely know . while evolve technology and technique have render the majority of siegel tough and masculine action thriller obsolete and the beguile still entrance audience today due to it surreal atmosphere and unique subject matter . 8 . 5/10 good than the similarly theme black narcissus and this be and in my opinion and siegel best film . part horror and part drama and part sexual odyssey and the beguile be a surprisingly arty film ( especially when consider that siegel view his film to be and quote and ameaningless ) . a large part of the film artistry be due to clint eastwood and who would and from this point onwards and make an effort to choose mature material .