Movie

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964 · 116 min

A slow, suffocating descent into a fragile mind, shot in stark black and white, where domestic mundanity curdles into quiet dread.

Tagline: Was it magic... Or murder they planned?
Overview: Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, madness, obsession, isolation
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
madness
obsession
isolation
crime
Places: big city
home
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none