[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Symptoms (1974)

Surely this is Vampyres director José Ramón Larraz's masterpiece. A beautifully made and told Gothic tale of madness, jealousy and murder with hints of the supernatural thrown in.

Atmospheric and slow burning, the film takes it's time to unfold, carried along by the brilliant performances of Angela Pleasence and Lorna Heilbron, as a sense of dread builds to almost suffocating levels before erupting in a malevolent mass of violence.

Simply superb!