Terror, The

In The Terror, Lt. Andre Duvalier (Nicholson), an officer in Napoleon's army of 18th century France, has been separated from his regiment. Wandering near the coast, he spies on a young woman (Knight), and calls out to her. When she fails to acknowledge, he follows her into the dark surf and strangely loses consciousness. He awakens in a house tended by an old woman (Neumann), who claims not to know the mysterious lady. On his way once again, Andre comes upon the castle of Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe (Karloff). There he learns that the girl is in fact the spirit of the Baron's late wife, being used as a pawn by the witchy Katrina, who is bent on driving the elderly Baron to suicide. Famous for being one of Jack Nicholson's earliest film roles, the film was shot on sets remaining from the shoot of the iconic horror film The Haunted Palace. Although officially credited to Roger Corman, The Terror had a total of five collaborative directors, including Nicholson himself and Francis Ford Coppola. (Gary Reber)