Anna Massey as Helen
As a boy, Mark Lewis was subjected to bizarre experiments by his scientist-father, who wanted to study and record the effects of fear on the nervous system. Now grown up, both of his parents dead, Mark works by day as a focus-puller for a London movie studio. He moonlights by taking girlie pictures above a news agent's shop. But Mark has also taken up a horrifying hobby: He murders women while using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror. One evening, Mark meets and befriends Helen Stephens, a young woman who rents one of the rooms in his house. Does Helen represent some kind of possible redemption for Mark - or is she unknowingly running the risk of becoming one of his victims?
Biography for Anna Massey
Date of birth
11 August 1937
Thakeham, Surrey, England, UK
Importance of Being Earnest, The (2002) .... Miss Prism
Possession (2001) .... Lady Bailey
Dark Blue World (2001) .... English Teacher
... aka Tmavomodr� svet (2001) (Czech Republic)
Sleeper, The (2000) (TV) .... Lillian
Room to Rent (2000) .... Sarah Stevenson
... aka Room to Rent (2000) (France)
Mad Cows (1999) .... Dwina Phelps
Captain Jack (1998)
... aka Inch Over the Horizon, An (1998)
"Respectable Trade, A" (1998) (mini) TV Series .... Sarah Cole
Very British Psycho, A (1997) (TV) .... Herself - interviewed
D�j� Vu (1997) .... Fern Stoner
Slab Boys, The (1997)
Driftwood (1996) .... Mother
Sweet Angel Mine (1996) .... Mother
Haunted (1995) .... Nanny Tess Webb
Angels and Insects (1995) .... Miss Mead
Grotesque, The (1995) .... Mrs. Giblet
... aka Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1997) (USA)
... aka Grave Indiscretion (1998) (USA: video title)
Murder In Mind (1994) (TV) .... Rosemary
"Return of the Psammead, The" (1993) TV Series .... Aunt Marchmont
... aka "Return of the Sand Fairy, The" (1993) (USA: video title)
Emily's Ghost (1992) .... Miss Rabstock
Impromptu (1991) .... George Sand's Mother
Mountains of the Moon (1990) .... Mrs. Arundell
"Tale of Two Cities, A" (1989) (mini) TV Series .... Miss Pross
Killing Dad (1989) .... Edith
Man From the PRU, The (1989) (TV) .... Julia Wallace
Shalom Joan Collins (1989) (TV) .... Mamma
Tall Guy, The (1989) .... Mary
"Around the World in 80 Days" (1989/I) (mini) TV Series .... Queen Victoria
Sun Child (1988) (TV) .... Marcia Burrows
Tears in the Rain (1988) (TV) .... Lady Emily
Couleur du vent, La (1988) .... Norma
Day After the Fair, The (1987) (TV) .... Letty
Hazard of Hearts, A (1987) (TV) .... Eudora
Christmas Tree, The (1986) (TV) .... Constance
Foreign Body (1986) .... Miss Furze
Season's Greetings (1986) (TV) .... Rachel
Hotel du Lac (1986) (TV) .... Edith Hope
Chain, The (1985) .... Betty
Sacred Hearts (1985) .... Sister Thomas
Anna Karenina (1985) (TV) .... Betsy
Little Drummer Girl, The (1984) .... Chairlady
Another Country (1984) .... Imogen Bennett
Sakharov (1984) (TV) .... Klavdia
"Mansfield Park" (1983) (mini) TV Series .... Aunt Norris
Five Days One Summer (1982) .... Jennifer Pierce
Sweet William (1980) .... Edna
Little Romance, A (1979) .... Ms. Siegel
Afternoon Off (1979) (TV)
... aka Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Afternoon Off (1979) (TV) (UK: series title)
Corn Is Green, The (1979) (TV) .... Miss Ronberry
Rebecca (1978) (TV) .... Mrs. Danvers
"Mayor of Casterbridge, The" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Lucetta Templeman
Love of a Good Woman, The (1976) (TV)
... aka BBC2 Playhouse - The Mind Beyond: The Love of a Good Woman (1976) (TV) (UK: series title)
"Pallisers, The" (1974) TV Series .... Laura Kennedy
Doll's House, A (1973/I) .... Kristine Linde
Vault of Horror, The (1973) .... Donna
... aka Further Tales from the Crypt (1973)
... aka Tales from the Crypt, Part II (1973)
Woman Sobbing, A (1972) (TV)
... aka Dead of Night: A Woman Sobbing (1972) (TV) (UK: series title)
Frenzy (1972) .... Babs Milligan
Looking Glass War, The (1970) .... Avery's Wife
David Copperfield (1970) (TV) .... Jane Murdstone
De Sade (1969) .... Renee de Montreuil
... aka Ausschweifende Leben des Marquis de Sade, Das (1969)
... aka Liebesabenteuer des Marquis S, Die (1969)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) .... Elvira
Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1964) (TV) .... Titania
Voyage � Biarritz, Le (1962)
... aka Trip to Biarritz, The (1962) (International: English title)
Peeping Tom (1960) .... Helen Stephens
... aka Face of Fear (1960)
... aka Fotographer of Panic, The (1960)
Gideon's Day (1958) .... Sally Gideon
... aka Gideon of Scotland Yard (1959) (USA)