Production Companies

BBC Film, Fugitive Features, British Screen Productions, National Film Trustee Company, Zenith Entertainment

Overview

"Sometimes terrible things happen quite naturally."

A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of discouraging his brother from seeing her.