I just finished watching this film on Netflix streaming and found it to be dreadful. And I love Roddy McDowall, Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, & the lovely Stephanie Beacham. Perhaps the movie was decent when it came out, but it's aged terribly? I don't think anyone would disagree that it's not the greatest film, but it's the worst one I've seen in quite awhile.
sharePS--It's listed as 'Tan Lim' on Netflix, just FYI.
sharethe story itself is actually pretty interesting... based on the legend of tam-lin in scotland (see wikipedia) but the production quality of the dvd is just terrible. and R McDowell directing didn't help.
did you catch Joanna Lumley (ab-fab) in the credits?
I actually feel the opposite. I feel the direction, the visuals etc., except for that god-awful stills montage, was decent. It was the story I found to be lifeless, and rather nonsensical. I had trouble staying interested, though I did finish it. I found next to nothing to be truly "supernatural" about the story whatsoever. The older woman came off as a sadistic, psycho rich lady, not anything remotely resembling a "witch" or "faerie queen". And the good preacher's daughter, VERY randomly kissing (and apparently screwing, out in the open, in broad daylight) a creepy complete stranger, getting knocked up, and that leading to "love" between the two, felt forced and a bit confusing.
Needless to say, while I watched it because I was curious to see a film directed by an actor I adore (McDowall), I didn't find the story of the film to be entertaining in the slightest, personally.