If you've seen director Vernon Sewell's Ghost Ship (1952) then his House of Mystery will seem very familiar: it's practically the same story, except that, instead of the film's central couple buying a haunted boat, it's a country cottage that is home to a troubled spirit
Like Ghost Ship, the married couple buy the cottage despite being told that it is haunted. And like Ghost Ship, they begin to experience strange phenomena, eventually bringing in an expert in the paranormal to help them with their problem. A medium comes to the cottage and, during a seance, we learn what happened to the property's previous occupants.
It's humdrum haunted house nonsense that is told with little verve or energy, the whole thing acting as build up to the 'surprise' at the end, one that I am sure most people will have guessed within minutes of the introduction of the cottage's dour housekeeper.
Of course, running at under an hour long, the whole thing is too short to allow boredom to set in, so if you're after an undemanding piece of British spookiness to kill some time, House of Mystery is just about worth a go.
Like Ghost Ship, the married couple buy the cottage despite being told that it is haunted. And like Ghost Ship, they begin to experience strange phenomena, eventually bringing in an expert in the paranormal to help them with their problem. A medium comes to the cottage and, during a seance, we learn what happened to the property's previous occupants.
It's humdrum haunted house nonsense that is told with little verve or energy, the whole thing acting as build up to the 'surprise' at the end, one that I am sure most people will have guessed within minutes of the introduction of the cottage's dour housekeeper.
Of course, running at under an hour long, the whole thing is too short to allow boredom to set in, so if you're after an undemanding piece of British spookiness to kill some time, House of Mystery is just about worth a go.