'seance on a wet afternoon'

in 1964, director bryan forbes struck a match, lit a candle, and placed it in the center of a round table. the actors he assembled sat down and played strangers who had one thing in common, they wished to communicate with their dearly departed. leading the exploration into the unknown was 'myra', a woman who believed in her powers as a medium. her belief led to their belief. as the film progresses no one seems to stop believing in her but you.

kim stanley is going down in history as one of the greatest actresses to have ever lived. she came from a life on the stage and did very few film roles. she had the voice of a child, mannerisms both dramatic and natural, and you get the sense that if you snapped your fingers in front of her face while in the middle of a performance, she would faint. 

'seance on a wet afternoon' is a chilly story of myra and her husband's kidnapping of a young girl. more than anything, myra wants the girl's mother to participate in one of her seances, as a means to prove her gift. eventually the distraught mother does show up, unaware that her daughter is locked in a room upstairs. the mother, the child, the husband of 'myra', and kim herself, are all outstanding. this movie is damp, dark, and one of the few kim stanley films available.