A Taste of Evil

TV Movie
1971
Not Rated
1h 13m

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Barbara Parkins in A Taste of Evil (1971)

On her way home to California from a stay at a Swiss mental institution after a traumatic rape seven years earlier, twenty-year-old Susan Wilcox realizes that someone is deliberately trying ... Read allOn her way home to California from a stay at a Swiss mental institution after a traumatic rape seven years earlier, twenty-year-old Susan Wilcox realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane. Written by Jimmy Sangster.On her way home to California from a stay at a Swiss mental institution after a traumatic rape seven years earlier, twenty-year-old Susan Wilcox realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane. Written by Jimmy Sangster.

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Trivia
Writer Jimmy Sangster says on the audio commentary for the Anchor Bay DVD of Les horreurs de Frankenstein (1970) that producer Aaron Spelling thought "A Taste of Evil" was awfully similar to the earlier Sangster-scripted Hurler de peur (1961), a.k.a. "Scram of Fear". Sangster basically admitted that it was the same script, with characters and settings changed to American ones.

Goofs
In the outdoor pool scene with Miriam and Susan having breakfast.

Quotes
John: I was very fond of Miss Susan.
Miriam Jennings: Fond enough to assault her when she was 13 years old?
John: You said you'd not bring that up!
Miriam Jennings: I've been quiet about that for 7 years, haven't I?

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Featured in Dateline (1992)

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overall good suspense!

As this movie does not appear to have been released to video, you may not find it anywhere. If you do PLEASE contact me! There were some classic jump up and scare-you-silly scenes as only Barbara Stanwyck could do. I remember sitting in front of my T.V. and jumping backwards across the room! If anyone knows where I can get a copy of this movie, I'd be truly grateful. Thanks Terri (e-mail address) longer1@home.com