# Horror movie ID - English 1800's, manor house accessible only by causeway **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-english-1800s-manor-house-accessible-only-by-causeway/568798 "2011-01-24T16:37:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-english-1800s-manor-house-accessible-only-by-causeway/568798/1 "2011-01-24T16:37:18Z")
My wife keeps mentioning a movie that we had seen late at night on TV around 1998, and I’d like to find it… 1. 1800’s England 2. Remote location, manor house whose causeway is cut off during high tide. 3. Thick fog and the sound of horse and carriage approaching during high tide, but never arrives. I have no recollection of the movie other than the above. May have been a British made-for-TV movie. I don’t even recall if it was black and white or colour. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-english-1800s-manor-house-accessible-only-by-causeway/568798/2 "2011-01-24T16:44:45Z")
[Green Dolphin Street](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039437/), I think, has some locations set at [Mont Saint Michel](http://www.hotelsearch.com/blog/le-mont-saintmichel/). ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-english-1800s-manor-house-accessible-only-by-causeway/568798/3 "2011-01-24T17:03:25Z")
I’ll see if I can look that movie up. At first glance, the Mont Saint Michel is far too grand for the one that I recall. It was more like the approach to [Holy Island](http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Holy+Island,+Berwick-upon-Tweed,+United+Kingdom&aq=1&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=29.138493,56.337891&safe=on&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Holy+Island,+Berwick-upon-Tweed,+Cumbria,+United+Kingdom&ll=55.681176,-1.851384&spn=0,0.00086&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=55.681176,-1.851384&panoid=uCclTrk9QYj2780Qo559lQ&cbp=12,282.11,,0,11.04). ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-english-1800s-manor-house-accessible-only-by-causeway/568798/4 "2011-01-24T17:09:57Z")
Ooo, I know this one! The Woman In Black. Daniel Radcliffe just wrapped up an upcoming film made from this. It was a book and a play, and I think there has been a TV production. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-english-1800s-manor-house-accessible-only-by-causeway/568798/5 "2011-01-24T17:16:24Z")
Yes, it was an English made-for-TV show, 1989. Kind of hard to find because of the rights, but it’s supposed to be available on Youtube. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-english-1800s-manor-house-accessible-only-by-causeway/568798/6 "2011-01-24T17:22:07Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Ooo, I know this one! The Woman In Black. Daniel Radcliffe just wrapped up an upcoming film made from this. It was a book and a play, and I think there has been a TV production. Oh, that’s good news! The book was excellent. The movie (or TV production) hasn’t been available on DVD except for bootlegs. I was going to suggest _The Terror_, a 70’s horror film starring Jack Nicholson. I’m remembering a causeway in that movie too, but I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-english-1800s-manor-house-accessible-only-by-causeway/568798/7 "2011-01-24T17:23:21Z")
THANK YOU slainqmind, that’s the one! Now, do I tell my wife now, or do I wait and try to surprise her when the new one comes to the theatre? clip-clop-clip-clop-clip-clop-_whinney_-_scream_!