Sometimes dismissed as a poor man's "Rebecca" ,"the black torment " is generally underrated ;actually,only the beginning recalls Daphné Du Maurier's book : the master's second wife who enters a desirable mansion, where the soul of the first one, who died in mysterious circumstances ,is still lingering.
But the central character is not the new wife but the husband :he sees things,vision of a lady in white who could be the ghost of his departed lady , he may be a murderer for young girls were found dead in the vicinity of the castle ; most amazing thing,he seems to be ubiquitous ; it's him,not his wife,who is losing his mind.
The cinematography is splendid ,the screenplay very melodramatic but the directing avoids gore, monsters and the horror paraphernalia ;one can regret that the sign language should not be really exploited .
But the central character is not the new wife but the husband :he sees things,vision of a lady in white who could be the ghost of his departed lady , he may be a murderer for young girls were found dead in the vicinity of the castle ; most amazing thing,he seems to be ubiquitous ; it's him,not his wife,who is losing his mind.
The cinematography is splendid ,the screenplay very melodramatic but the directing avoids gore, monsters and the horror paraphernalia ;one can regret that the sign language should not be really exploited .