The Shuttered Room

This article is about the 1967 film. For the short story on which it is based, see The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces. For the unrelated album, see Shuttered Room.
The Shuttered Room
Directed by David Greene
Produced by Philip Hazelton (as Phillip Hazleton)
Written by D. B. Ledrov
Nathaniel Tanchuck
Starring Gig Young
Carol Lynley
Music by Basil Kirchin
Cinematography Kenneth Hodges
Edited by Brian Smedley-Aston
Production
company
Troy-Schenck Productions
Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release dates
  • 27 June 1967 (1967-06-27)
Running time
 99-100 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Shuttered Room is a 1967 British horror film directed by David Greene and starring Gig Young and Carol Lynley as a couple who move into a house with dark secrets. It is based on a short story of the same name by August Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft. The film has also been re-released under the title Blood Island.[1][2] Although set in the US, the film was shot in Kent and Norfolk, England.[3] The film features a large, half-brick, half-timber watermill, which is destroyed by fire in the closing scenes. The building used was Hardingham Mill on the River Yare in Norfolk.[4] [5]

Plot

Susannah Kelton, a newly married twentysomething who was raised in foster care in the big city, learns that her real parents have died and left their property to her. She and her husband, Mike, travel to the island of Dunwich off the coast of Massachusetts to inspect the property. They find a local culture that is clannish, backward, and ignorant. The few friends they make amongst the locals, including Susannah's Aunt Agatha, warn them that the family mill is cursed and urge the Keltons to leave immediately and never look back. Refusing to bow to superstition, the couple consider rehabilitating the abandoned mill. They become the target of a gang of local thugs led by Susannah's lecherous cousin, Ethan. Their reign of terror is ended by something still living in the shuttered attic room of the mill, something that caused Susannah nightmares as a child.

Cast

Production

The script was originally written by Alex Jacobs and Nathaniel Tanchuck. Filming began in April 1966.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Mitchell, Charles P. (2001). The Complete H.P. Lovecraft Filmography. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 185. ISBN 9780313316418.
  2. ↑ Smith, Don G. (2006). H.P. Lovecraft in Popular Culture: The Works and Their Adaptations in Film, Television, Comics, Music and Games. Jefferson: McFarland & Co. p. 51. ISBN 9780786420919.
  3. ↑ Vallance, Tom (11 April 2003). "David Greene". The Independent. London. p. 20.
  4. ↑ "Take a walk on location in the steps of the stars". Eastern Daily Press. Norwich. 7 June 2012.
  5. ↑ http://www.reelstreets.com/index.php/component/films/?task=view&id=1817&film_ref=shuttered_roon,_the
  6. ↑ Schaffner to Direct 'Spy' Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 14 Mar 1966: c19.
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