NEITHER THE SEA NOR THE SAND (1972) is a very obscure film that predates THE WICKER MAN and Bob Clark’s celebrated cult offering DEATHDREAM yet it contains elements of both. It also borrows from W. W. Jacobs’ THE MONKEY’S PAW and Edgar Allan Poe’s story THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR. It was the last movie to be produced by Tony Tenser’s Tigon Films, one of the Big 3 during the Golden Age of British horror along with Hammer & Amicus.
A recently divorced woman begins a relationship with a young man that comes to a sudden and unexpected end when he dies of a heart attack. But that is only the beginning of the story. It seems that her love for him is so strong and her grief so extreme that he returns to her. There’s just one problem…he’s still dead with everything that implies. Unlike AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, his return isn’t played for laughs. It’s poignant, poetic, and ultimately horrifying…For more reviews visit The Capsule Critic.
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