Judgement in Stone (1986) UK Quad Poster #New
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Judgement in Stone (1986) UK Quad Poster #New

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Remade by Claude Chabrol as La Cérémonie (1995), with Sandrine Bonnaire in the same role, this 1986 original is based on Ruth Rendell's novel, where the grim conclusion is laid out at the start. An illiterate and sexually repressed woman kills her sadistic father, flees to America where she become housekeeper to a family. With prompting from another equally disturbed woman, she kills them all. Unlike Redell's novel, A Judgement in Stone begins and ends in identikit thriller fashion.

This was cinematographer Ousama Rawi's only directorial turn, who likely got the job because he was married to star Rita Tushingham. At the time, they were both living in Canada, where it was filmed. Both Tushingham and her neighbour conspirator Jackie Burroughs give mesmerising performances, and the final brutal moments are still disturbing.

Artist: Unknown, (poss. Jonathan Gilkes)

Aka: The Housekeeper / Horror sans conditions

Condition: VERY FINE / NEAR MINT

Cast: Ruta Tushingham, Jackie Burroughs - The Dead Zone (1983), Food of the Gods II (1989), Willard (2003), Ross Petty, Shelley Peterson, Peter MacNeill