prc lowest low actually struck gold moody little thriller thing year earlier detour probably one finest lowbudget films ever madebr br strangler basically one set film filled mist shadows technique used poverty row studios hide sets lack thereof here works well ghost charles middleton better known ming merciless lurches around swamp killing involved wrongful execution murder generates sympathy viewer final victim daughter ferrymanhe concentrates wrath directly involved fate relatives wellbr br rosemary laplanche usual imitation someone coma passes acting style offers strangler order put stop killing sop audience strangler sees goodness gesture sign mission complete returns hereafter somewhat chastened ulmerwho directed detour directed strangler would hanging nearest tree stranglers job would done whos complaining story major attraction shrouded sets lighting general moodiness piece stands right behind detour prcs finest hour