Robert Fuest, 1970
A bit slow, but Fuest manages to build an tremendous amount of dread out of the idyllic French countryside and his love of deep composition keeps things visually interesting. Approximately half of the dialogue in the movie is unsubtitled French, which helps increase the feeling of alienation and was a very wise choice. The reveal of the killer at the end, while not a big surprise, was handled in a nicely creepy fashion - however, the final resolution left much to be desired. Still quite good on the whole, especially compared to a lot of what I've seen lately.
7.5/10
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