Product Details

• Actors: Douglas Hodge, Jeremy Northam, Saira Todd, Gordon Warnecke, Julia Ford
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: BBC Warner
• VHS Release Date: July 19, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004WG8Z
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,816 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunted by the Past, November 1, 2000

By 

Greg Hughes - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Fatal Inversion [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"A Fatal Inversion" presents us with a mystery. The bones of a woman and child are discovered in an animal cemetery near the stately Wyvis Hall. It turns out the bones have been there for more than ten years. But who was it that was buried there? And why?

Adam Verne-Smith is a man with a haunted past. He and three others know the truth of what happened in the summer of 1979 at Wyvis Hall, which Adam re-named Ecalpemos ("someplace" spelt backwards). Adam and his arrogant friend Rufus meet again for the first time in twelve years, trying to keep one step ahead of the police to avoid the truth coming out. We go back in time twelve years to Wyvis Hall, and see how events built up to a crisis point.

I actually found this television adaptation was better than Ruth Rendell's novel. It was well-cast. Saira Todd was very good as the mentally-unbalanced Zosie. She looked child-like, as the book described her. Douglas Hodge and Jeremy Northam were also convincing with their roles. The character of Rufus was very intimidating and callous. Adam looked pained and guilt-ridden.

I noticed with the scenes set in the present that there was a lot of blue. Even the light had a bluish tinge. Is there any significance in that?

"A Fatal Inversion" is different from your regular "whodunnit". We know who did the crime but not who the crime was done to. Right until the end we are left guessing. This is drama at its best.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST SEE FOR MYSTERY LOVERS!, October 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Fatal Inversion [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is one for those who enjoy watching mystery movies with exciting twists & turns in a story. It brings the person watching it to a mind trip of whos & whats. Your next guess will always be as good as the first. Superb acting of all the cast. Highly recommended.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MODERN MURDER MYSTERY, KEEPS YOU GUESSING TO THE END!!, August 28, 1999

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RUSTEE ([e-mail]) (LOUISIANA BUT FROM ENGLAND) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Fatal Inversion [VHS] (VHS Tape)

FROM THE OPENING SCENES TO THE POSITIVELY HAUNTING FINAL SHOT THIS FILM IS SO FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS IT IS IMPOSSBLE TO FALL ASLEEP!!! A STORY THAT WILL PLAY ON YOUR PSYCHE FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER, BUT YOU WILL DEFINATELY WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN. AN INTELIGENT AND INTRICATE PLOT AND OUTSTANDING ACTING FROM EVERY CAST MEMBER. A FLAULESS ADAPTATION OF AN AMAZING BOOK WITH NOT A WEAK MOMENT IN SIGHT!!!!!