Valentine Dyall stars and narrates us through the film – and who better with that voice, so famous in the day as ‘The Man in Black’

I was left wondering today, if Valentine Dyall had been at his peak in this present era, he would have been a major star – no doubt worth a fortune but like so many actors at the time, he just continued in Theatre, Films, Television and more to the fore, Radio where his voice could be used to maximum chilling effect.

In this film ‘The Ghost of Rashman Hall’, he effectively carries the film.

Valentine Dyall is in that same hall years later and with quite a few people and the subject of Ghosts crops up. Some do not believe but this young man says that he does because he has actually seen one and begins to tell the story which is quickly taken over by Valentine Dyall who does a superb chilling job.

It is the story of a young newly married couple who are desperately searching for a home and are offered this quite run down old hall which they, at first are unsure of, but then they warm to the idea and put a lot of effort into making a large part of it habitable.

Then strange things begin to happen – the filming is very atmospheric and draws us in – I must admit to finding it quite scary.

The running time is barely an hour and it is a cheapish production BUT it is well done considering that

It looks as though it went out on release with ‘ House of Darkness’ – a film that I don’t know but it was the film debut of Laurence Harvey who had star billing.

As a matter of interest, ‘Wausau’ is in Wisconsin USA – I had never heard of the place

ABOVE – Arriving at Rashmon Hall

I watched ‘The Ghost of Rashmon Hall’ a few days ago and have to say, I really enjoyed it – it was, of course, on the wonderful ‘Talking Pictures’ Channel