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
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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. Although set in the US, the film was shot in Kent and Norfolk, England. 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.

Plot

Susannah Kelton, a newly married twentysomething who was raised in foster care in the big city, learns that her real parents have only recently died and left all of 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 Keltons 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

• Gig Young as Mike Kelton
• Carol Lynley as Susannah Whately Kelton / Sarah
• Oliver Reed as Ethan
• Flora Robson as Aunt Agatha
• Judith Arthy as Emma
• Rick Jones as Luther Whately
• Ann Bell as Mary Whately
• William Devlin as Zebulon Whately
• Charles Lloyd-Pack as Barge Master
• Bernard Kay as Tait
• Celia Hewitt as Aunt Sarah
• Robert Cawdron as Luther Whately
• Murray Evans as Gang Member
• Clifford Diggins as Gang Member
• Peter Porteous as Gang Member
• Anita Anderson as Susannah as a Child

Production

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

External links

• The Shuttered Room at IMDb
• The Shuttered Room at the TCM Movie Database
• The Shuttered Room at AllMovie