Rent Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972)
2.9 of 5 from 58 ratings
1h 32min
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- Synopsis:
- Anna arrives in Jersey, determined to escape her personal troubles, and meets Hugh. Hugh has a tremendous affinity with the sea and as he shows Anna round the island they begin to fall in love. Hugh persuades Anna not to return to her husband and they go to the old house that Hugh shares with his brother, George. George resents the intrusion of a woman and the brothers fall out when he discovers them in bed. They flee to a remote part of Scotland and life is bliss until one day Hugh is found dead on the beach. Anna however believes that their love can overcome death. One morning, Anna is proved right...
- Actors:
- Susan Hampshire, Frank Finlay, Michael Petrovitch, Michael Craze, Jack Lambert, Betty Duncan, David Garth, Anthony Booth
- Directors:
- Fred Burnley
- Studio:
- Odeon
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- Collections:
- Top 10 Films of 1972, Top Films
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Spoilers follow ... - Neither the Sea Nor the Sand review by NP
The enigmatic Hugh (Michael Petrovitch) makes a rather creepy pass at Anna (Susan Hampshire), and rather than walking away, she falls for his stilted charms and they are soon embarking on a relationship. She is married, she tells him, as they stroll through idyllic Jersey, but the marriage is failing. Hampshire is wonderful as Anna, who clearly needs someone in her life. Imagine then, her heartbreak should tragedy come a-calling.
This Tigon film is based on a book by former newsreader Gordon Honeycombe. His story lends itself very well to the horror/romance treatment, but director Fred Burnley seems determined to tone down the chilling aspects of the tale. All we really get is Petrovitch's increasingly robotic performance; this is understandable given the circumstances, but he was hardly animated when we first met him.
Frank Finlay plays Hugh’s repressed brother George, and one-time Doctor Who companion Michael Craze does his best as Collie, but it is a thankless role.
The film's title was changed to ‘The Exorcism of Hugh’, possibly to cash in on the then-current William Blatty film.
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