In this mesmerizingly atmospheric tale set in Haiti, voodoo and family-centered horror combine for double effect. In a free adaptation of Jane Eyre, Betsy Connell (Frances Dee), private nurse to Jessica Holland (Christine Gordon), finds herself privy to skeletons in the Holland family closet that hold a particular bearing on the state of her patient. Like Cat People's Irena, Jessica is a kind of receptacle for evil: Haiti's uneasy master-slave relations, an undercurrent throughout the film, are recreated in the uneasy relationships between men and women in the Holland household. But, unlike Irena, the cat's got Jessica's tongue: in a permanent sleepwalking trance, she cannot speak of the roots of her condition. Nurse Connell, in a terrifying journey through open fields to a voodoo ceremony, realizes that she truly has been tending the walking dead. Voodoo rituals combine with a haunting ballad, sung by the calypso singer Sir Lancelot, to make this an unforgettable film experience.