However, after a short period of time, Gwen notices some odd things about some of the villagers that makes her suspect that some of them may be practicing witchcraft. As Gwen gets closer to the truth, she finds her past experiences coming back to haunt her. Joan Fontaine is in good form, giving a solid performance as a woman on the edge of sanity. Kay Walsh proves to be fun as the writer, who knows a bit more about the town s history with witchcraft, than she is letting on. The image is clean, sharp and displays a relatively good level of detail.
Colors are strong, with natural looking flesh tones and no signs of chromatic distortion.
The film element used for the transfer is in very good condition, exhibiting few age related blemishes. Mild film grain appears in a few places, but it never calls attention to itself. Blacks are accurate and the picture has decent shadow detail for a film of this vintage. The Dolby Digital monaural soundtrack is free from distortion, although there are the expected frequency limitations and a tiny bit of hiss that one naturally associates with a film released in 1966. Dialogue is cleanly reproduced and the track will take a fair amount of amplification without any problem.