73
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatThe film is never less than gripping, and past a certain point, you have no idea where this movie is going. With neither the budget nor the technology for flashy effects, the filmmakers had to fall back on quality acting, writing, directing, and editing. They succeeded.
- This low-budget, British import, with Janet Blair and a small cast, is quite the most effective "supernatural" thriller since Village of the Damned.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAn effective climax shows a stone eagle coming to life, proving once again that behind every great man, etc.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA smart shocker, scripted by Twilight Zone regulars Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumDirector Sidney Hayes can be needlessly rhetorical at times, relying on a campus statue of an eagle to create a sense of menace (the UK title was Night of the Eagle), but this is still eerily effective.
- 70Time OutTime OutSidney Hayers shoots the whole thing with an almost Wellesian flourish, and the script (by Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson) is structured with incredible tightness as the sane, rational outlook of the hero (Wyngarde) is gradually dislocated by the world of madness and dreams.