Yes, I know, this isn't an Italian movie, so some think it can't be a giallo. It may also be closer to a slasher. But seeing as how Suzy Kendall is in it, let's consider it.
Also known in the U. S. as the more giallo-feeling title In the Devil's Garden, this starts as Tessa Hurst (Lesley Anne-Down) being attacked and raped. The act damages her so much that she loses her voice and is placed under the care of Dr. Greg Lomax (James Laurenson).
When a second student named Susan (Anabel Littledale) is assaulted and murdered, art teacher Julie West (Kendall) decides that she will offer herself as bait for the killer with help from a reporter (Freddie Jones). She's pretty brave, because whoever did it seems to have glowing red eyes and looks like some kind of demonic force as it carries away Susan's body.
Based on The Ravine by Kendal Young (actually Canadian writer Phyllis Bretty Young), this was directed by Sidney Hayers (Deadly Strangers, Burn Witch Burn) and written by John Kruse. It was produced by Carry On... producer Peter Rogers and the school was also the setting for Carry on Camping.
Speaking of alternate titles, when this played in the U. S. as In the Devil's Garden, it was as part of a double feature with The Devil's Nightmare and billed as a Devil Double Feature.
When it played on American TV, it was under the title Tower of Terror, which refers to the electrical title where the assaults happen.
Even stranger, in 1980 - nine years after it was made and years after it aired on TV - it came back to drive-ins as Satan's Playthings along with an ad campaign that promises three women who are under the thrall of Lucifer.
If that's not enough, it also played as Molested and The Creepers.
Also known in the U. S. as the more giallo-feeling title In the Devil's Garden, this starts as Tessa Hurst (Lesley Anne-Down) being attacked and raped. The act damages her so much that she loses her voice and is placed under the care of Dr. Greg Lomax (James Laurenson).
When a second student named Susan (Anabel Littledale) is assaulted and murdered, art teacher Julie West (Kendall) decides that she will offer herself as bait for the killer with help from a reporter (Freddie Jones). She's pretty brave, because whoever did it seems to have glowing red eyes and looks like some kind of demonic force as it carries away Susan's body.
Based on The Ravine by Kendal Young (actually Canadian writer Phyllis Bretty Young), this was directed by Sidney Hayers (Deadly Strangers, Burn Witch Burn) and written by John Kruse. It was produced by Carry On... producer Peter Rogers and the school was also the setting for Carry on Camping.
Speaking of alternate titles, when this played in the U. S. as In the Devil's Garden, it was as part of a double feature with The Devil's Nightmare and billed as a Devil Double Feature.
When it played on American TV, it was under the title Tower of Terror, which refers to the electrical title where the assaults happen.
Even stranger, in 1980 - nine years after it was made and years after it aired on TV - it came back to drive-ins as Satan's Playthings along with an ad campaign that promises three women who are under the thrall of Lucifer.
If that's not enough, it also played as Molested and The Creepers.