The horror isn’t visceral but rather suggestive; there’s not much to see as much as feel.

…the action might be a little slow, and the score a little frenzied, but if you came to scoff at the Hitchcock-ian borrowings here, you’ll converted; the horrible Dr. Hichcock isn’t horrible at all, in fact, it’s quite a hypnotic little minor gem…

never overtly gory, but it has an overall atmosphere or depravity that is hard to shake off. Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe would be proud.

While there's a lot to like about the film as pure Gothic horror, it's at its very best when it's asking unresolved, uncomfortable questions about sexual behavior.