Im like yikes where have I been knew Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers Ruth Rendell was never taught but yay found her. Genius! So subtle. Dahling too classy with the clues!
I’ve been a Rendell fan for decades now. A librarian friend surprised me once by frowning when l praised Rendell and she mentioned she wasn’t ALWAYS happy with the author’s work. In my enthusiasm l hadn’t realized how dark her work can be…but it’s astonishing and genius
I'm so hooked on Rendell these days. Read Portebello, The Crocodile Bird, and A Fatal Inversion all in the last week or two. This is so so good, always love Emily Mortimer.
This is probably my favourite Rendell mystery. I like how preoccupied Elvira was with her sinister plans so that she didn't have time for dating etc. And in the end, when she finally did, the other sister started to slide into madness. I find it boring when stories about young people focus on dating and falling in love. Here dating was kept completely in the margin.
Watching this mystery on a rainy cold day is simply the best. And, catching a glimpse of an up-and-coming Idris Elba as beekeeper (exterminator) is icing on the cake. 😍
WOW, THAT HAD ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT SO TO SPEAK. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING SUCH A POWERFUL MOVIE. NOW I CAN GET SOME WORK DONE. BLESSINGS, TRIXIE, 86, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
This is interesting for showing two great talents at almost the beginning of their careers- Emily Mortimer and Idris Elba. I just saw Elba's latest movie two days ago- 3000 Years of Longing.
You can say that again. Its like RR was exploring the inner workings of a massive and very protracted Electra Complex. Spinny was doing paranormal overload, and the father was having a serious problem growing into his suit of adulthood. The only one who seems to have had everything on straight was the doctor !!
So Elvira is planning to rat-poison Dr Truin, Mary Leonard, and (perhaps) Luke. I've forgotten the plotline. And Elvira is a peeping Tomasina. Both sisters are psychopaths. I don't like this kind of psychodrama. It's not a detective story, just twisted.
Heart stones💛 one of my favourite stories, it's clever and it's creepy, along with 13 steps down, they are the best Rendell stories considering there is no Reg Wexford, thank you Paul 😽💞😽
I really liked 13 Steps Down too. I was watching an American program last week and I kept thinking I know that fella but from where, as he had an American accent. I did some homework and it was Luke Treadaway. Wonderful actor.
@@paulgoddard sorry for the late reply. the wexford's were my first love, then I discovered she had written so many spooky psychological thrillers and short stories; (novellas, she calls them) they are my go-to books if I have run out of interesting things to read at bedtime, I have reread 13 steps down so many times, some of the stories I like revisiting an old friend 💜👻💓💜👻💓
Here is a list of mostly other mystery authors: Agatha Christie P.D. James Mary Higgins Clark Dorothy L. Sayers Margery Allingham David Baldacci Conan Doyle Dashiell Hammett John Grisham C.J. Box Debbie Macomber Alice Munro Nora Roberts Elin Hildebrand Janet Evonivitch Jodi Picolt Phyllis White Minette Walters Robert Bloch Sarah Paretsky Antonia Fraser Lilian Jackson Donald E. Westlake Faye Kellerman Joan Hess Bill Crider Maria V. Snyder Barbara Vine Sam Spade Murder She Wrote - Angela Lansbury Happy reading, enjoy. God bless you.
This is the first time I've ever seen a Ruth Rendell Mystery, I enjoyed it. Well done. I enjoyed the acting and the story, though I found the sets to be sparce. I've heard of Rendell what a treat to see this. Thank you so much for posting this movie 🎥. God bless you.
1:42 already beautiful and talented UK actress Emily Mortimer , especially known for her "Mackenzie McHale" in the HBO series The Newsroom (2012-2014) .
Very interesting movie. A bit of a Clif hanger at the end. Left me wondering about the fate of Alvera. Is she believed about her sisters death or is she suspected of murdering her??
Talk about a house full of flakes. 2 young beautiful English roses being consumed by rose blight both day and night. A frightful example of 'Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.' And why would a duaghter call her father by his first name?☹☹☹
I think that was part of the ‘creep’ factor. They didn’t have a normal relationship. I think Elvira saw herself as her father’s partner/caregiver in many ways. It was definitely weird.
Film adaptations of Ruth Rendell are often disappointing. The interior monologues are such an important part of understanding the psychology of the characters, and even moving the plot. The original story is much more subtle, ambiguous and therefore more disturbing. TV being more visual than cerebral has to compensate with more drama and even, I think in this one, changing the story.
Sixteen-year-old Elvira's mother is dead. Elvira is sad, of course, but not so sad as her younger sister Spinny. Spinny is afraid their father, Luke, will be heartbroken, but Elvira knows better -- after all, Luke has her to take her mother's place. But then Luke brings home a pretty young woman and introduces her as his fiancee, and Elvira decides that she will stop at nothing to stop her father's marriage . . . - IMDB
Hi there, so, I watched either this movie, or TV show, on Netflix maybe 5 years ago..I can't remember the name of it, but it was set in a mansion or castle with a landscaper, house maid and some others, but the one line I remember from the movie, or TV show was, "People don't want the truth and they certainly don't want to be set free"...would you happen to know the name of this TV show or movie? I'd like to watch it again...thank you..
That last sentence. These people really have no family feeling, no moral conscience at all: just privilege and surface“ sheen; they’re all “devices and desires.” They caught the devil in fact, not in folklore. The sorts of people who hung Wicca when they were in fact the evil ones. Rendell/Vine is great at showing you this in the pretty and the rich, our so called betters.
Elvira's a brooding psychopath, so calling her dad by his first name seems perfectly normal behaviour to me. She's in love with him, of course, and so very jealous.
Just a thought but the film showcases what a classic anorexic Elvira is. sShe got a smaller portion at lunch and spent time pinching herself in the mirror, and is examining the extra flesh saying she hated it. Then the scene where she pulled up a floorboard to spy below. Did the ceiling of that room not have plaster, but an unnoticed hole? Not likely, as it was very lavish. Lots of Anglican advertisement.
I know I'm running against the grain here but, I honestly don't understand how anyone decided to film these novels. Great cast in this one (unlike the Wexfords which are so badly acted) but the story is just ridiculous. Creepy father/daughter relationship, ridiculous plot, and it was pretty obvious halfway through who the killer was. (Because she appeared to be the only sane one.) Thanks for posting as I will watch any British murder mystery but no patch on all the Morse series or Midsomer or Rosemary and Thyme, just to name a few.
@33ForestAve I am in complete agreement. Retired last year and have been rewatching, or catching for the first time, a bunch of mysteries. Complete Midsomer, Morse, Lewis, Endeavor, Rosemary & Thyme (met Felicity Kendall at my airport job and again on a street in London! She was quite lovely.) Also Poirot and Miss Marple (haven't quite seen all of those yet - 3 different Marples involved in 2 series.) Love all of them. Also saw (but none nearly as good as the above) Cracker, Wexford, Inspector Alleyn, Wycliffe. Try Vexed sometime. 2 short seasons. Toby Stephens is pretty funny as a lackadaisical, very unprofessional cop. It's more about the relationship between the two cops than the mystery itself. If not on TH-cam some stuff might be on a nice little site called tubitv or pluto, both free.
@33ForestAve Oh - forgot to mention: read all the PD James and probably saw most if not all on TV back in the day but will look and see if I can find them to watch again. Not sure about Secrets and Lies - US series (if so, not interested - really only like the UK stuff!) or the Brenda Blethyn movie? Thanks for the suggestions!!
@33ForestAve OMG - just found Secrets and Lies - I watched it already!! (That's what happens when you watch one after another with no break!! Making up for all the years I was working 60-80 hour weeks and watched next to nothing!) Anyway, i do think I liked it. Looks like there might be a second season; will look closer. I have no TV and no nuthin'! I was working so much, didn't pay to replace it when it died. So I'm on a laptop (my upstairs neighbor lets me use her wifi - I was on dial-up before!! That's how much of a Luddite I am!) No streaming services so I just paddle around the free sites to see what I can find. Meanwhile, I should be clearing out all my hoarder's junk from the apartment instead of watching all this stuff!! Thanks for the recommendations. All the best from Brooklyn!! (But, eventually...Ireland. Boyfriend is there - 29 years long-distance!! Why rush into anything....?!)
@@loyisad1211 Dull and inspired at the same time? Interesting.... The other remarks from this conversation are missing for some reason but, as I recall, we were 2 people having a bit of fun discussing the many British mysteries we love (most of which have a psychological aspect to them so....) and that we just felt were better than this. If you disagree, feel free to express it but no need to be nasty personally.
Of the Ruth Rendell stories this was the worst. I suppose if you are into psychiatric thrillers it might be of interest but I found it a huge disappointment.
She's underrated because she wrote genre fiction, but Ruth Rendell was one of the UK's best writers of the last 50 years.
I don't understand why you call her 'underrated' she was widely acclaimed throughout the world.
Im like yikes where have I been knew Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers Ruth Rendell was never taught but yay found her. Genius! So subtle. Dahling too classy with the clues!
Am so scrambling now to find her books. Love old out of print editions. Any help will be appreciated.
Am ashamed to say never heard of her. Knew Agatha and Dorothy but not Ruth. Trying to make up for lost time.....
Thank you! I had no idea. I will lok for his books.
I’ve been a Rendell fan for decades now. A librarian friend surprised me once by frowning when l praised Rendell and she mentioned she wasn’t ALWAYS happy with the author’s work. In my enthusiasm l hadn’t realized how dark her work can be…but it’s astonishing and genius
I'm so hooked on Rendell these days. Read Portebello, The Crocodile Bird, and A Fatal Inversion all in the last week or two. This is so so good, always love Emily Mortimer.
This is probably my favourite Rendell mystery. I like how preoccupied Elvira was with her sinister plans so that she didn't have time for dating etc. And in the end, when she finally did, the other sister started to slide into madness. I find it boring when stories about young people focus on dating and falling in love. Here dating was kept completely in the margin.
Thanks Paul Ruth Rendell's delve into the various psychosis of people is truly amazing.
Isn't it.
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Watching this mystery on a rainy cold day is simply the best. And, catching a glimpse of an up-and-coming Idris Elba as beekeeper (exterminator) is icing on the cake. 😍
Thank you! I was pretty sure it was he. He is sooo young here.
@@kathleenclark5877, Yes, it's definitely him. You're welcome!
thank you very much mister Paul i enjoy every evening with inspector Wexford he made my days for several weeks thank you so much from Vancouver
A story so interesting with a feel for the supernatural.
WOW, THAT HAD ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT SO TO SPEAK. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING SUCH A POWERFUL MOVIE. NOW I CAN GET SOME WORK DONE. BLESSINGS, TRIXIE, 86, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Thank you for your note, Trixie. I, too, found this film riveting so much so I am very late to bed. Vicki, Brisbane.
Thanks for putting this one up and THANKS for all the Wexfords, too! : D
thank you so much PAUL..i am BINGE watching some decent series at last..keeps the brain going
A pearl, also thanks for uploading and having me captured in one of Ruth Rendells' very best ones... ❤
Thank you for uploading these. Greetings from Canada!
This is interesting for showing two great talents at almost the beginning of their careers- Emily Mortimer and Idris Elba. I just saw Elba's latest movie two days ago- 3000 Years of Longing.
@Barbara Boix In an odd coincidence I just watched another new movie of Elba's, the new Luther. Pretty violent , FWIW.
Thanks to you for posting all, and make our "captivity" months more tolerable!
@אריאלעמנראל🕎✝️ I don't know who is that Johson and the virus is all over the world...In that case we should blame the chinese people....
Thanks Paul Goddard, thrilled to have stumbled on to this, and hope to get more!
Thank you for uploading this one, wonderful and intelligent storyline. Really absorbing.....
Hi Paul, great for you to be back. Look forward to many more RR stories to come forward. This episode was a great start...............
Wow!!! What a treat for a creepy-crawly-psychological-thriller fan. Thank you, Paul.
I agree that it's "creepy-crawly", but it's not a thriller: it's just sick. Makes me want to vomit.
Excellent and so well produced Thank you Paul👍
Thank you.💫🐾😽
Anthony Andrews from the "Brideshead Revisited" series. Always a treat. Thanks!!
The suspense was almost too much. Thank you so much for posting, I have read many of Ruth Randall’s books.
Good man Paul with the old mystery 👌 x
Makes isolation feel like a walk in the park
Thank you, a viewer in Flagstaff, Arizona USA.
Hey I was born in Flagstaff!!
Thank You 🙏🙂🌹 from Denmark🇩🇰👋
O but this is great! First time for me . A ‘ I am the walrus clip ?!?! It’s brilliant!
Good grief! What a family. Yikes 💥
You can say that again. Its like RR was exploring the inner workings of a massive and very protracted Electra Complex. Spinny was doing paranormal overload, and the father was having a serious problem growing into his suit of adulthood. The only one who seems to have had everything on straight was the doctor !!
Yikes barely covers it.
Really enjoyed this mystery. Many thx Paul!
So Elvira is planning to rat-poison Dr Truin, Mary Leonard, and (perhaps) Luke. I've forgotten the plotline. And Elvira is a peeping Tomasina. Both sisters are psychopaths. I don't like this kind of psychodrama. It's not a detective story, just twisted.
Typical Ruth Rendell territory of twisted minds. Creepy.
Thank you very much. Smiles.
Heart stones💛 one of my favourite stories, it's clever and it's creepy, along with 13 steps down, they are the best Rendell stories considering there is no Reg Wexford, thank you Paul 😽💞😽
I have the book of 13 steps down. I believe that was one of her later novels?
@@paulgoddard Yes it was
I really liked 13 Steps Down too. I was watching an American program last week and I kept thinking I know that fella but from where, as he had an American accent. I did some homework and it was Luke Treadaway.
Wonderful actor.
@@rubytuesday5412 I've read the book, when it was first published, but haven't seen the film/show.
@@paulgoddard sorry for the late reply.
the wexford's were my first love, then I discovered she had written so many spooky psychological thrillers and short stories; (novellas, she calls them) they are my go-to books if I have run out of interesting things to read at bedtime, I have reread 13 steps down so many times, some of the stories I like revisiting an old friend
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Excellent, thank you.
Here is a list of mostly other mystery authors:
Agatha Christie
P.D. James
Mary Higgins Clark
Dorothy L. Sayers
Margery Allingham
David Baldacci
Conan Doyle
Dashiell Hammett
John Grisham
C.J. Box
Debbie Macomber
Alice Munro
Nora Roberts
Elin Hildebrand
Janet Evonivitch
Jodi Picolt
Phyllis White
Minette Walters
Robert Bloch
Sarah Paretsky
Antonia Fraser
Lilian Jackson
Donald E. Westlake
Faye Kellerman
Joan Hess
Bill Crider
Maria V. Snyder
Barbara Vine
Sam Spade
Murder She Wrote - Angela Lansbury
Happy reading, enjoy.
God bless you.
Thanks for this 🙏
This is the first time I've ever seen a Ruth Rendell Mystery, I enjoyed it. Well done. I enjoyed the acting and the story, though I found the sets to be sparce. I've heard of Rendell what a treat to see this. Thank you so much for posting this movie 🎥. God bless you.
Very good story. It made ne ask - what next ?!?! Thanks for posting.
An excellent play
Thank you from Spain.
Love the acting 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Oh my goodness 😮that is so cool 😎 an actual English speaking movie that has a character with My name 😮wow, I’m thrilled 🎉👏🏻👏🏻🥰🥰🥳🥳 oh it’s Despina 😉
Thank You Paul..
Is it Idris Elba as the exterminator?
Sure looks like him...Idris 🕵️
Yes it is ❤️
Faulty thinking runamuck...starting with calling her father by his first name.
Bettinabarry. Lots of people called their parents by their first name. My kids do wouldn’t want it any other way. Grow up😅😅
Thank you so much
Incredible acting and brilliant production but very dark and depressing.
1:42 already beautiful and talented UK actress Emily Mortimer , especially known for her "Mackenzie McHale" in the HBO series The Newsroom (2012-2014) .
Very interesting movie. A bit of a Clif hanger at the end. Left me wondering about the fate of Alvera. Is she believed about her sisters death or is she suspected of murdering her??
Very very gothic, and about as dark as Master of the Moor
Just in time! I was going through withdrawals! 😂
I'm glad I uploaded this in time. 😊😄
@corina thank you 😊
Thxs for uPLoad and translation .
Will you be adding more to this playlist? I love mysteries..
I was initially drawn to this series because of the opening music. It sounds like it could have been a Brahms piano concerto
Talk about a house full of flakes. 2 young beautiful English roses being consumed by rose blight both day and night. A frightful example of 'Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.' And why would a duaghter call her father by his first name?☹☹☹
I think that was part of the ‘creep’ factor. They didn’t have a normal relationship. I think Elvira saw herself as her father’s partner/caregiver in many ways. It was definitely weird.
Film adaptations of Ruth Rendell are often disappointing. The interior monologues are such an important part of understanding the psychology of the characters, and even moving the plot. The original story is much more subtle, ambiguous and therefore more disturbing. TV being more visual than cerebral has to compensate with more drama and even, I think in this one, changing the story.
Odd that Idris Elba's name is not in the opening or closing credits....I'm guessing that was a dark time in the UK?!🙄🤦🏽♀️😂
Sixteen-year-old Elvira's mother is dead. Elvira is sad, of course, but not so sad as her younger sister Spinny. Spinny is afraid their father, Luke, will be heartbroken, but Elvira knows better -- after all, Luke has her to take her mother's place. But then Luke brings home a pretty young woman and introduces her as his fiancee, and Elvira decides that she will stop at nothing to stop her father's marriage . . . - IMDB
Rendell should have continued with the very entertaining Inspector Wexford. Psychological drama sucks. It's so dark.
Thank you
I had to replay the first ten minutes to check again, who this guy she called "Luke" all the time really was 😁😁😁
Her father!
Possibly stepfather? Although E does refer to him later as “Daddy”.
🤪🤪🤪 Eu também...achei que era namorado! kkkk
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Great acting.
Hi there, so, I watched either this movie, or TV show, on Netflix maybe 5 years ago..I can't remember the name of it, but it was set in a mansion or castle with a landscaper, house maid and some others, but the one line I remember from the movie, or TV show was, "People don't want the truth and they certainly don't want to be set free"...would you happen to know the name of this TV show or movie? I'd like to watch it again...thank you..
If he's their father why is she calling him Luke 🤔 am I missing something
Oh boy, what a psychotic family
I dont understand it either, but interesting movie. Why doesnt she move out?
Yeah weird
That last sentence. These people really have no family feeling, no moral conscience at all: just privilege and surface“ sheen; they’re all “devices and desires.” They caught the devil in fact, not in folklore. The sorts of people who hung Wicca when they were in fact the evil ones. Rendell/Vine is great at showing you this in the pretty and the rich, our so called betters.
Elvira's a brooding psychopath, so calling her dad by his first name seems perfectly normal behaviour to me. She's in love with him, of course, and so very jealous.
Elvira plays some of the most depressing music I have ever heard. Why would a young girl even want to learn such music?
Really awesome
Most macabre episode.
I guessed this villain easily but still, a great story. Anyone would go barmey with that psychopath around the place.
Was Idris Alba the one with the bees ?
Gracias por la serie
The leather belt Elvira is wearing at 1:26:40 looks to be a Wòllner from Brazil . Absolute quantity and style.
Just a thought but the film showcases what a classic anorexic Elvira is. sShe got a smaller portion at lunch and spent time pinching herself in the mirror, and is examining the extra flesh saying she hated it. Then the scene where she pulled up a floorboard to spy below. Did the ceiling of that room not have plaster, but an unnoticed hole? Not likely, as it was very lavish. Lots of Anglican advertisement.
Young Idris Elba 😊❤ the exterminator.
On IMDb this is found as season 9, episodes 1 & 2 of Ruth Rendell Mysteries.
Is Elvira the murderess in midsummer murder the murders at badgers drift? Catherine? In love with her brother.
yes, gorgeous Emily Mortimer. She seems far more well adjusted as Mackenzie McHale in The Newsroom!
⭐️⭐️⭐️💛❤️💚🤗🥰
Emily Mortimer is one of my favourite actresses today❤
No, there is no "higher justice".
great
Thanks
I know I'm running against the grain here but, I honestly don't understand how anyone decided to film these novels. Great cast in this one (unlike the Wexfords which are so badly acted) but the story is just ridiculous. Creepy father/daughter relationship, ridiculous plot, and it was pretty obvious halfway through who the killer was. (Because she appeared to be the only sane one.) Thanks for posting as I will watch any British murder mystery but no patch on all the Morse series or Midsomer or Rosemary and Thyme, just to name a few.
@33ForestAve I am in complete agreement. Retired last year and have been rewatching, or catching for the first time, a bunch of mysteries. Complete Midsomer, Morse, Lewis, Endeavor, Rosemary & Thyme (met Felicity Kendall at my airport job and again on a street in London! She was quite lovely.) Also Poirot and Miss Marple (haven't quite seen all of those yet - 3 different Marples involved in 2 series.) Love all of them. Also saw (but none nearly as good as the above) Cracker, Wexford, Inspector Alleyn, Wycliffe. Try Vexed sometime. 2 short seasons. Toby Stephens is pretty funny as a lackadaisical, very unprofessional cop. It's more about the relationship between the two cops than the mystery itself. If not on TH-cam some stuff might be on a nice little site called tubitv or pluto, both free.
@33ForestAve Oh - forgot to mention: read all the PD James and probably saw most if not all on TV back in the day but will look and see if I can find them to watch again. Not sure about Secrets and Lies - US series (if so, not interested - really only like the UK stuff!) or the Brenda Blethyn movie? Thanks for the suggestions!!
@33ForestAve OMG - just found Secrets and Lies - I watched it already!! (That's what happens when you watch one after another with no break!! Making up for all the years I was working 60-80 hour weeks and watched next to nothing!) Anyway, i do think I liked it. Looks like there might be a second season; will look closer. I have no TV and no nuthin'! I was working so much, didn't pay to replace it when it died. So I'm on a laptop (my upstairs neighbor lets me use her wifi - I was on dial-up before!! That's how much of a Luddite I am!) No streaming services so I just paddle around the free sites to see what I can find. Meanwhile, I should be clearing out all my hoarder's junk from the apartment instead of watching all this stuff!! Thanks for the recommendations. All the best from Brooklyn!! (But, eventually...Ireland. Boyfriend is there - 29 years long-distance!! Why rush into anything....?!)
You people are so dull and inspired. Go watch something else then if psychology doesn't interst you.
@@loyisad1211 Dull and inspired at the same time? Interesting.... The other remarks from this conversation are missing for some reason but, as I recall, we were 2 people having a bit of fun discussing the many British mysteries we love (most of which have a psychological aspect to them so....) and that we just felt were better than this. If you disagree, feel free to express it but no need to be nasty personally.
nuthin' like a Ruthie!
Holy frog !! Can we all say "abandonment issues" ?
Good writing
Rendell is a great writer
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How do you spell both daughters names?
do you have "The Strawberry Tree"
I don’t understand. Was Luke their father?
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Sick story. Such a big difference from Inspector Wexford. I did not like it at all.
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Huh, well that was unexpected :)
Incredibly bad actress that sick sister Spinney. Difficult to watch the entire movie.
Well then don’t watch it. 😊
So, Ruth is the house maid? I just watched the Thornapple movie and was trying to figure out who Ruth was..LOL
tough stuff!
This too sick to watch for entertainment.
It's so terrible and badly acted I actually watched it for FUN:-).
1:26:27 looks like a decomposed bird to me
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Of the Ruth Rendell stories this was the worst. I suppose if you are into psychiatric thrillers it might be of interest but I found it a huge disappointment.