THE OWL SERVICE. ( 1969 )
Three teenagers living with their stepparents and housekeeper in a remote Welsh cottage unearth a set of dinner plates with an owl pattern, which in turn has a connection to local supernatural legend.
The above barely scratches the surface of this eerie multi layered drama, with jealousies, secret pasts and creepy sequences that come out of nowhere at times, leading to a startling denouement that wouldn’t have been out of place in a post watershed Play For Today.
Amazingly, this was a childrens programme - folk horror for kids! They really don’t make ‘em like this anymore. A tv classic.
If you already have this on dvd, I recommend upgrading to Network’s new Blu Ray release - the picture quality is a big improvement.
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