by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
In this psychological drama, the residents of a small English village become hysterical after a series of damning anonymous letters are posted accusing different residents of scandalous acts. The townsfolk are soon so panicked that murder and suicide ensue until the police hire an expert to analyze the handwriting.
characteristics
- Police
- Repression
- Nervous-breakdown
- Murder
- Multiple-murder
- Scandal
- Sister
- Tracking [following]
- Village
- Suicide
- Suicidal
- Spinster
- Accusation
- Mind
- Handwriting-analysis