Exposé (film)
1976 film directed by James Kenelm Clarke
Exposé (also known as House on Straw Hill and Trauma) is a 1976 British psychological horror thriller film that was referred to as a video nasty during the 1980s. It was directed by James Kenelm Clarke, partly financed by Paul Raymond and stars Udo Kier, Linda Hayden and 1970s sex symbol Fiona Richmond.
Plot
Paul Martin is a novelist who rents out a secluded cottage in the British countryside to complete his new book, a pretentious sex romp. Plagued by recurring paranoid nightmares, he has split with his girlfriend, Suzanne, and is having problems writing his book. Paul employs a secretary, Linda Hindstatt, to type the manuscript for him. Paul meets Linda at the railway station, where Linda is intimidated by a couple of youths, prompting Paul to give them a battering. After settling into the house, Linda takes a walk in a field where the men rape her, but soon gets revenge when she shoots them both with a shotgun.
Meanwhile, Paul keeps having nightmares, and all his advances on Linda are rejected. Linda insinuates herself into the household, displacing the housekeeper, Mrs. Aston.
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