film as "more unsettling than rewarding, and certainly more contrived than compassionate". Reception Critical The Guardian called the film "gross, clumsy and ridiculously predictable." The Observer called it "a glossy commercial psycho thriller which if it weren't for its pernicious implications would be perfectly horrifying" arguing the film would have been better had the character of the elder brother never existed. "Twisted Nerve is a fairly good blood chiller in its genre so long as it is clearly understood that it is a pack of lies." The Los Angeles Times called it "thoroughly engrossing, spine tingling." Filmink called it "not a very good movie in which Mills doesn’t have much to do except react – I think Boulting was trying to fashion her as a Hitchcock blonde but she’s very passive and the movie lacks the directorial flair of a Hitchcock, Seth Holt or Freddie Francis." References External links Review of film at Variety Twisted Nerve at Letterbox DVD 1968 films 1968 horror films 1968 independent films 1960s psychological thriller films 1960s slasher films British horror films British independent films British slasher films British thriller films Down syndrome in film British Lion Films films 1960s English-language films Films scored by Bernard Herrmann Films directed by Roy Boulting Films set in London Films shot in England Films shot in Surrey British serial killer films 1960s British films