WHTBJ is a film of pessimistic theme. It ends in doubt. It doesn't clarify the ending, may be good or may be bad. But the runtime of the film is all about misunderstanding, about jealousy, about revenge for no valid reason except personal vengeance and about fear. The film is excellent in show casing the sentiments of fear, how one sibling could be so brutal with another, how one sibling lives her life in fear for an uncertain amount of time. The film just excels in all these aspects. The fear and brutality is outstandingly depicted, without compromising the characters. In summary the film is pessimistic though and the contents are mainly about negative relationship between two siblings. It ends in one sibling getting attention by the police and the other lying in sand without any references to whether dead or alive.
So I think personally that it is one those films who have succeeded in showing realistic horror theme in movies. A masterpiece, so to say in real sense. We all comes across such horrifying situation in lives and this film reminds us of those fearful moments. The film goes upto the extent of extremity in such fearful moments. Technically a well made movie, progresses in a fast pace connecting every characters and its dialogues in a proper manner with no loose ends. Both Betty and Joan are excellent in their roles. Other casts are good too. The films doesn't go directly from childhood issues to adults, it slightly refers to childhood and jumps straight to the adult lives citing reasons for jealousy. This indicates the may-be imperfect narrations, nevertheless it makes its narratives clear, doesn't lose the grip of the flow of events, captivating the viewers.
Though a 1960s B&W film still has dark but realistic appeals and shouldn't be looked down upon by today's generations. Summing the film is worth watching if you want to connect yourself with realistic horror theme. A horrific tale of sibling rivalry and the unbelievable but may be true output of such psychotic behaviors. On a scale of 100 it is a 98, putting under the pessimistic collection.
So I think personally that it is one those films who have succeeded in showing realistic horror theme in movies. A masterpiece, so to say in real sense. We all comes across such horrifying situation in lives and this film reminds us of those fearful moments. The film goes upto the extent of extremity in such fearful moments. Technically a well made movie, progresses in a fast pace connecting every characters and its dialogues in a proper manner with no loose ends. Both Betty and Joan are excellent in their roles. Other casts are good too. The films doesn't go directly from childhood issues to adults, it slightly refers to childhood and jumps straight to the adult lives citing reasons for jealousy. This indicates the may-be imperfect narrations, nevertheless it makes its narratives clear, doesn't lose the grip of the flow of events, captivating the viewers.
Though a 1960s B&W film still has dark but realistic appeals and shouldn't be looked down upon by today's generations. Summing the film is worth watching if you want to connect yourself with realistic horror theme. A horrific tale of sibling rivalry and the unbelievable but may be true output of such psychotic behaviors. On a scale of 100 it is a 98, putting under the pessimistic collection.