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The Eyes of the Amaryllis

The Eyes of the Amaryllis

1982Movie⏱️ 1h 33m
DramaFantasyMysteryThriller
⭐ 7.1
IMDB Rating
116 votes

In 1880, a little girl is sent to Nantucket Island to live with her grandmother. She discovers, however, that her grandmother is an odd woman who has some strange habits, one of which is keeping a vigil for a lover of many years a...

Director
Frederick King Keller
Writers
Natalie Babbitt, Fred A. Keller, Stratton Rawson
Stars
Ruth Ford, Martha Byrne, Guy Boyd
Release Date
August 20, 1982
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Ruth Ford
Ruth Ford
as Gran
Martha Byrne
Martha Byrne
as Jenny
Guy Boyd
Guy Boyd
as George
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Jonathan Bolt
as Seward
Katharine Houghton
Katharine Houghton
as Isabel
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Sally Birckhead
as Corey
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Brendan Ford
as John Folger
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Isabel Price
as Minerva
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Jim Spruill
as Jewel

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
78 Main St. Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

🏷️ Keywords

nantucket islandgrandmother granddaughter relationshipnew englandyear 1880based on novel

🎯 Categories

DramaFantasyMysteryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

A Bergman film Bergman didn't make
by Carlo Houtkamp β€’ 2000-03-29
10/10

"The Eyes of the Amaryllis is a truly magnificent film. Director King Keller must have seen a lot of Ingmar Bergman films before he started on it. Or maybe Bergman was present on the set, looking over Keller's shoulder. That's not likely, but still more likely than Wes Craven's Last House on the Left (note: this is not a recommendation) being inspired by Bergman's The Virgin Spring. The Story, about a young girl staying with her eccentric and traumatised grandmother in an old house at a coast that's littered with tragic mysteries and painful memories, makes you feel wa..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

Film debut of Martha Byrne.

πŸ“– Synopsis

In 1880, a little girl is sent to Nantucket Island to live with her grandmother. She discovers, however, that her grandmother is an odd woman who has some strange habits, one of which is keeping a vigil for a lover of many years a...