While not exactly the stuff of nightmares, it is good English macabre fun.
And nightmares are what it's all about. Denholm Elliot has a recurring dream about visiting a house, and hearing someone ask "Why did you do it?" before things all go pear-shaped for him.
But the dream recurs so often, he starts to wonder if he ever actually wakes up from it..
This imaginative conceit is played mainly for larfs. Denholm plays a swinging real estate agent who may or may not be having an affair with the woman of his dreams, his secretary Lolly. Lolly is a hoot, changing appearance with her every iteration, from Marilyn lookalike to Naughty Schoolgirl. And the phrase, "Why did you do it?" does become rather spooky after a while.
It won't necessarily chill the blood, but it may give you an early-80's chuckle.
And nightmares are what it's all about. Denholm Elliot has a recurring dream about visiting a house, and hearing someone ask "Why did you do it?" before things all go pear-shaped for him.
But the dream recurs so often, he starts to wonder if he ever actually wakes up from it..
This imaginative conceit is played mainly for larfs. Denholm plays a swinging real estate agent who may or may not be having an affair with the woman of his dreams, his secretary Lolly. Lolly is a hoot, changing appearance with her every iteration, from Marilyn lookalike to Naughty Schoolgirl. And the phrase, "Why did you do it?" does become rather spooky after a while.
It won't necessarily chill the blood, but it may give you an early-80's chuckle.