Friday, December 27, 2019

Night of the Eagle (1962)

A creepy atmospheric tale of witchcraft and black magic. Norman (Peter Wyngarde) is a dashing young professor at university combating superstition with reason with his perfect wife Tansy (Janet Blair). Norman is destined for the higher echelons of academic though others have grown resentful and jealous of him...

Fellow academic Fiona (Margaret Johnston) in particular has a bit of an acid tongue for Norman but there is more... much more. Norman begins to find magic charms in the home. After a visit by Fiona, Tansy goes into a frenzy trying to find... something. Tansy admits she is a witch and is protecting him against attack...

The film is a little slow to get going but once it does... The final act with the attack by the Eagle (bought to life from the college mascot) is terrifying. But is any of it really happening? Margaret Johnston plays a great role, sheer evil.