![]() It's a film about the supernatural, yes, but the only 'haunted house'-related thing it does have, is indeed one big, creepy looking mansion on an isolated location on UK grounds. Some people in their user-comments called it a "haunted house movie", but that couldn't possibly be further from the truth, as far as I'm concerned. And yes, it's actually pretty good! I didn't mind it was a bit slow during the first half, because it builds up a good atmosphere wrapped in a fine mystery. So you could say I was ready for a more "mature viewing" of this movie. But some things about this movie stuck with me over the years (especially the infamous 'tracheatomy-scene' did, amongst other things). And I didn't like it very much (hey, I preferred my horror filled with slimy monsters and lots of blood & gore back then). The first time I ever saw this one, I must have been barely in my mid-teens. Clearly, this horror film was inspired by The Omen and, likewise, features a few Rottweilers that help take care of impending 'business' matters. At Ravenshurst mansion, the inheritors drop like flies, and Jason begins to get a little warmed over-he appears to be melting, cataracts appear, and he's definitely in dire need of a manicure. They are hired sight unseen by a British client and, soon, 'accidentally' meet Jason, and are invited to stay at his home. The Legacy is passed down by a moribund multi-millionaire, Jason Mountolive, to a group of inheritors (most of them European) who have travelled from afar to reunite for Jason's last 'will and testament.' Maggie Walsh and boyfriend Pete work together in Los Angeles as interior decorators (what's the likelihood of that?). There's a soft spot in me for this story, even though it features the occasional lapse in narrative logic, and the special effects-while serviceable-don't guarantee it will leave much of a cinematic impression in many people's memory, years down the line.
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