I don't know that I'd call this a horror movie. It's definitely not a "shattering psychic thriller". Content warning: dead child.After the death of their daughter, John (Donald Sutherland) and Laura (Julie Christie) move from England to Venice, Italy, so John can restore a crumbling church. Laura meets an elderly pair of English sisters, one of whom, Heather (Hilary Mason), is blind but gifted with second sight. She tells Laura that their daughter is happy and moved on but has a message for John. John doesn't want to hear any of this and thinks Laura is unnecessarily influenced by these two old biddies. Laura, finally able to come to terms with her grief, sees the sisters again. Heather warns that John is in danger and needs to leave Venice.
I can't believe how well-regarded this movie is when absolutely nothing happens in it. It's just Donald Sutherland yelling at people in Italian (which Criterion does not translate) and Julie Christie looking frail and vulnerable while a 60-year-old British lady has a vision that looks suspiciously like an orgasm. I fast forwarded through a lot of it.
Somehow this is considered a classic and is currently streaming on Criterion, Kanopy, and PlutoTV.
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