It's better handled and directed than most though thriller fans will still find its lack of action a drag.

The film comes magnificently alive with the burial sequence, and with the zombie-like, white-robed woman roaming through shadowy galleries and shuttered rooms.

A beautiful and melancholy film that also just so happens to be one of the scariest movies to come out in the first half of the 20th century.

The film is at times painfully slow and not everything in the picture makes sense, but Karloff’s maddening turn, sporadic horror and claustrophobic atmosphere all still make an impression.