Emma and Peter move into a new home with their young daughter Sophie. What they aren't aware of is that the house holds a grizzly secret, the house was a scene of murder, a particularly brutal murder, but a party for Sophie is bound to make things better.

They'd never get away with making this now, but made it was, and forth years later it still contains plenty of scares. Hammer had some what of a renaissance in the Seventies, producing some cracking films, as well as this series, which admittedly was hit and miss.

This isn't perhaps my favourite episode, but I certainly think it's the most memorable, the party scene is definitely quite a chilling moment.

The parents are abominable, and get their just deserts. There are some good scares, the most terrifying thing you'll see though are the furnishings, what on Earth were they thinking?

Very Watchable.

7/10.

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