The Shuttered Room Poster Daybill Original 1967 Aka Blood Island
The Shuttered Room Poster Daybill Original 1967 Aka Blood Island.The Shuttered Room (also known as Blood Island) is a 1967 British horror film directed by David Greene, and starring Gig Young and Carol Lynley.Filming began in April 1966.Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971) would have many similarities.Although set in the U.S., the film was shot in England. Hollowshore Boatyard and The Shipwright's Arms in Faversham, Kent feature throughout the film, doubling as the town of Dunwich, Massachusetts. South Foreland Lighthouse in Dover also features as the exterior of Aunt Agatha's home.The film features a large half-brick, half-timber watermill, which is destroyed by fire in the closing scenes. The building used was Hardingham Mill on the River Yare in Norfolk.
