Once again, I'm not entirely sure how The Legacy got on my radar, but its plot, which is like an Agatha Christie mystery mixed with possible devil worship, and lots of cats, meant it was something I needed to see. Sadly, the only place to stream it online right now is a terrible copy on YouTube, so I went ahead and bought the Blu-ray release, which features a pristine restored print. Definitely worth the investment as it's a beautiful film, and also pretty bat shit crazy.
It's also the movie that brought longstanding Hollywood couple Katharine Ross and Sam Elliott together, and I can I totally get why Ross (allegedly) left her husband for Elliott shortly after making the movie, if his partially nude scenes played any part in that decision.
Together they play Maggie and Pete, an American couple who are vacationing in England prior to Maggie starting a mysterious architecture job. When their motorcycle collides with a car on a countryside back road, they are invited to recover at Ravenhurst, your typical spooky English estate. They soon realize that accident was no accident, and they aren't the only guests at Ravenhurst. (The Who's Roger Daltrey has a small role as one of those guests.)
The Legacy is in many ways pretty silly, but I also thought it was a lot of fun. Then again I will always be a sucker for anything that could be described as Downton Abbey meets Rosemary's Baby.
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