Dark Places (1973)

Taglines: There is more than death waiting for you in Dark Places.

Dark Places movie storyline. Dr. Mandeville (Christopher Lee) and his sister Sarah (Joan Collins) try to locate two suitcases of money hidden on the large estate of one of his former patients but their plans are thwarted when mentally unstable Edward (Robert Hardy) arrives to claim the estate which had been left to him by the owner before he died. Edward soon begins to have flashbacks to the murders committed by the previous owner Andrew (Hardy as well).

As the story unfolds it sheds light on the events of 30 years or so before when Andrew had planned to leave his wife Victoria (Jean Marsh) for the younger and more attractive governess of their two children. In desperaration Victoria had encouraged the two children to murder the governess whilst she attempted to seduce Andrew in the bedroom. In a fit of rage Andrew strangled his wife and killed the children with a sword before bricking all four corpses up behind a wall with the two cases of money.

Dark Places is a 1973 British horror film directed by Don Sharp and starring Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Herbert Lom, Jane Birkin, Robert Hardy, Jean Marsh, Carleton Hobbs, Roy Evans, Martin Boddey, Linda Gray, Jennifer Thanisch end Barry Linehan.

Directed by: Don Sharp
Starring: Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Herbert Lom, Jane Birkin, Robert Hardy, Jean Marsh, Carleton Hobbs, Roy Evans, Martin Boddey, Linda Gray, Jennifer Thanisch, Barry Linehan
Screenplay by: Ed Brennan, Joseph Van Winkle
Cinematography by: Ernest Steward
Film Editing by: Teddy Darvas
Art Direction by: Geoffrey Tozer
Makeup Department, Helen Lennox, Basil Newall
Music by: Wilfred Josephs
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Cinerama Releasing Corporation (United States)
Release Date: May 10, 1973