More like mystery/thriller with the look and feel of a low-budget horror. Opening with a flashback scene we see a family massacred by cops in their Louisiana farmhouse. Fast forward a few years (to 1942) and a young married couple is moving in. At first all seems idyllic--but there are dark clouds gathering. First, a junk-dealer tells the wife about a gruesome murder in the house. The locals are leery abut the place, the wife learns of more murders (we see all in flashbacks). The junk-dealer is murdered while chopping wood by a stranger who creeps up and plants the axe in his back. Later, the wife returns to find the stranger in the house with her. She escapes though the stranger returns later. ****SPOILER****
Her husband, who's returned late from a business trip is killed by accident. Eventually the killer is revealed, I won't give it away, just suffice to say not everyone is who they seem to be. A little out-of-character for AIP which struggled in the '70s to find a new formula as successful as the teen horror and drug/biker flicks with which they made their name in the previous 2 decades, but worth a look.
Her husband, who's returned late from a business trip is killed by accident. Eventually the killer is revealed, I won't give it away, just suffice to say not everyone is who they seem to be. A little out-of-character for AIP which struggled in the '70s to find a new formula as successful as the teen horror and drug/biker flicks with which they made their name in the previous 2 decades, but worth a look.