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Night Hair Child (1971)

Night Hair Child poster
Original title
La tua presenza nuda!
Directed by
James Kelley, Andrea Bianchi
Genre
horror film, thriller film
Country
United Kingdom, Italy
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 55 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman marries a successful writer and moves into his home. She begins to suspect that her 12-year-old stepson may have been involved in his mother's mysterious death.

suspensefuluneasytenseatmosphericpsychologically chargedslow-burndisturbingmoody

What happens

What the Peeper Saw (also known as Night Hair Child) is a 1972 psychological thriller film directed by James Kelley and Andrea Bianchi from a screenplay by Trevor Preston, and starring Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger, Lilli Palmer and Harry Andrews. In the film, the new wife (Ekland) of a successful writer (Krüger) suspects that her 12-year-old stepson (Lester) may have had a hand in his mother's mysterious death. It is an international co-production of the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, the United States and West Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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