# Taste of Fear (1961)

> A wheelchair-bound heiress is haunted by recurring visions of her supposedly dead father while suspicion closes around her new family.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/44656

## Facts

- Runtime: 82 min
- Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror
- Director: Seth Holt
- Cast: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee, John Serret, Leonard Sachs, Anne Blake, Fred Johnson
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055505/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: eerie, paranoid, foreboding, classic horror night, gothic mystery marathon

## Synopsis

A chilling mystery unfolds as a young woman confronts the specters of her past and the sinister motives of those around her.

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- [The Premature Burial (1962)](https://ember.film/movie/17984)
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- [Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966)](https://ember.film/movie/17051)
- [Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)](https://ember.film/movie/1311)
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- [The Bat (1959)](https://ember.film/movie/22173)
- [Gaslight (1940)](https://ember.film/movie/37748)

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