Rent The Appointment (1981)
3.2 of 5 from 78 ratings
1h 29min
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- Synopsis:
- An evil and enigmatic power throws a family into turmoil in Lindsey Vickers' much sought-after cult horror. When suburban father Ian (Edward Woodward) is unable to attend his daughter's violin recital, he and his wife Dianna (Jane Merrow) are troubled by prophetic nightmares that seem to foresee a looming tragedy. Are dark forces about to be unleashed upon their comfortable life?
- Actors:
- Edward Woodward, Jane Merrow, Samantha Weysom, John Judd, Alan Stuart, Auriol Goldingham, Pamela Rose
- Directors:
- Lindsey C. Vickers
- Producers:
- Tom Sachs
- Writers:
- Lindsey C. Vickers
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/07/2022
- Run Time:
- 89 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Newly recorded audio commentary by director Lindsey Vickers
- Vickers on Vickers (2021, 41 mins): the director looks back on his life and career
- Another Outing (2021, 16 mins): Jane Merrow recalls co-starring in 'The Appointment'
- Appointments Shared (2022, 7 mins): Lindsey and Jan Vickers remember the making of the 'haunted film'
- Framing 'The Appointment' (2022, 19 mins): Lindsey Vickers recalls making the film
- Remembering 'The Appointment' (2022, 10 mins): assistant director Gregory Dark shares his recollections of the film
- The Lake (1978, 33 mins): Lindsey Vickers' eerie short finds young lovers choosing to picnic at a spot haunted by echoes of a violent event
- Newly recorded audio commentary on 'The Lake' by Lindsey Vickers
- Splashing Around (2020, 18 mins): actor Julie Peasgood on making 'The Lake'
- Galleries featuring annotated scripts, storyboards, images and production materials
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Reviews (1) of The Appointment
Creepy - The Appointment review by sb
FILM & REVIEW Very creepy and unnerving British chiller has Woodward as Ian a happily married businessman with a very doting daughter. When I say doting she has real Daddy issues with borderline incestious fantasies. In one really disturbing scene he stands with his hand on her bedroom door handle while inside she is willing him in… She has a school concert the next day but he is called away and she sees this as some kind of betrayal. That night he has a nightmare about being in a car crash which his wife seems to share so it’s less a dream as a premonition. Sure enough he sets off the next morning with an ever rising sense of impending doom. It’s one of those great films where it’s all implied…..nothing is explained so it’s up to the audience to decide with a very enigmatic hint at the very end. It relies on a creepy atmosphere with building tension and when the inevitable happens it’s one of the most tense and visceral examples I can recall. Director Vickers did loads of second unit stuff with Hammer and it’s a shame this is his only major film as it’s very effective. - 4/5
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