THE HALFWAY HOUSE is another spooky drama from Ealing Studios; anyone who enjoyed their sublime anthology DEAD OF NIGHT will be sure to like this one too. The slow-pased story involves a bunch of characters who through various twists of fate come to stay at the titular location, a country inn hosted by the excellent Mervyn Johns as the nervy proprietor. His real-life daughter Glynis is around too. After the usual camaraderie the characters begin to notice odd things about the location, although the plot twist will be very obvious from the outset for any modern viewers. Still, this is well acted and well directed, exploring wartime nihilism, nostalgia, and liminality in a fresh and moving way.
Review of The Halfway House
