John Blake (Robert Culp), discontent with city life, takes his wife (Samantha Eggar) and moves to his great-grandfather’s ruined country mansion. But it is haunted and something doesn’t want him there.
Quick Review: Not so much a completed film, but a series of scenes edited together with no concern for narrative structure, the randomly named A Name For Evil is a ghost story with almost no ghost activity. Blake is delusional, seeing his wife as she once was, which makes it hard to determine what is meant to be real. Most of the film is Blake and his wife bickering or Blake walking around the grounds of the semi-haunted house. If you are looking for a film about walking in a big yard, this is the film for you. There is also the sudden shift to a hippie sing-along and the accompanying orgy, neither of which fit the film, but are an improvement over the bickering scenes. I really expected the ghost to do something at the climax, but he didn’t. Depending on how you feel about a naked Robert Culp, there is either nothing, or very little of interest in A Name For Evil.