Im Banne des Unheimlichen

Im Banne des Unheimlichen is a 1968 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger and.

Plot

Scotland Yard's Inspector Higgins becomes involved in a case that began with the corpse of Sir Oliver supposedly laughing from inside of his own coffin during his funeral. Soon people who were close to Sir Oliver start to get killed. Sir Oliver's brother Sir Cecil swears he saw his dead brother jaunting around the countryside in a skeleton costume. Higgins teams up with reporter Peggy Brand and his bumbling chief Sir Arthur to unmask the villain who is killing people with a poisoned scorpion ring.

Production

The screenplay for the film is based on the novel The Hand of Power by Edgar Wallace.

Reception

The film premiered at the "Europa" cinema at Oberhausen in West Germany on April 17, 1968.