Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)

Directed by

Gordon Hessler

Genre

mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A college student takes a job caring for an elderly woman in a mansion. She begins to realize the house and its residents hold dark secrets.

tensemysteriouscreepyslow-burnuneasygothicdatedsuspenseful

What happens

Scream, Pretty Peggy is a 1973 American made-for-television horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Bette Davis, Ted Bessell, and Sian Barbara Allen. Its plot follows young college student Peggy Johns who is given a job by Jeffrey Thornton, a sculptor-housekeeper at a mysterious mansion where his sister Jennifer and their elderly mother reside. It was broadcast as the ABC Suspense Movie on November 24, 1973. The film was shot on location at the old Noah Dietrich estate above the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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