A Taste of Evil
On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.
Why it matters
A Taste of Evil is a slow-burning psychosexual thriller that blends gothic atmosphere with early ’70s grindhouse grit, capturing the era’s uneasy reckoning with trauma and madness.
- Terrific lead performance by Yvonne De Carlo, channeling vulnerability and simmering rage beneath the surface.
- Practical effects and makeup lean into unsettling, tactile horror rather than flashy visuals—classic low-budget charm.
- Perfect for fans of folk-tinged psychological horror and unreliable narrator narratives, echoing themes from Robert Aldrich’s *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?*
- Its deliberate pacing and creeping dread demand patience but reward with a disquieting mood that lingers—less jump scares, more slow psychological unspooling.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
100
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
50
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
28
Survival
17
