Retired stockbroker Philip Grayson ( Peter Cushing) moves into the house. Holloway dismisses this as absurd, so Martin tells him another story, of the next tenant to inhabit the house. He says he believes that it was not merely a case of Richard/Dominic being driven to madness by the role, but some effect of the house itself. Sergeant Martin informs Holloway that Richard/Dominic was later found standing over Alice's body, laughing. Richard/Dominic then strangles Alice while laughing maniacally. Alice asks Richard why he had killed them, as it was not part of the plan, only for Richard to reveal he now believes he is Dominic. Andrews and Charles had been strangled to death. Alice gets a call from the police, and learns that both Dr. Richard, an actor, had been pretending to be Dominic to drive Charles insane, so that Alice and Richard could take the money made from his novel and run off together. Andrews while Charles watches in horror.Īt the house, Dominic approaches Alice, only to reveal that he is actually Richard, her lover. Suddenly, Dominic arrives and strangles Dr. Andrews, Andrews suggests Dominic is the result of darker sides of Charles’ personality being released by writing the novel, though Charles is sceptical. He sees Dominic strangling Alice, only for her to claim that Charles had been strangling her. Charles's visions of Dominic become even more pronounced. Andrews ( Robert Lang), who suggests Dominic is a split personality formed by him getting into Dominic's mindset to write the novel. Charles soon starts to see Dominic ( Tom Adams), who begins stalking and tormenting him.Ĭharles begins seeing a psychologist, Dr.
Charles begins working on a novel focusing on Dominic, a murderous, psychopathic strangler Charles becomes simultaneously enamoured and disturbed by the character.
Inquiring at the local police station, Holloway is told some of the house's history.Ĭharles Hillyer ( Denholm Elliott), a hack writer who specialises in horror stories, and his wife Alice ( Joanna Dunham), move into the house. Shortly after renting an old country house, film star Paul Henderson mysteriously disappears and Inspector Holloway ( John Bennett) from Scotland Yard is called to investigate.
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