Dragonwyck plot
"Secret thoughts... That led to secret love... That led to rapture and terror!"
1844. Miranda Wells, a farmer's daughter, is invited by her sinister and charming cousin Nicholas Van Ryn to live on the Dragonwyck estate to keep his daughter company and receive additional education. But Miranda thinks the Van Ryns are strange. Daughter Katrine seems very estranged from her parents. Gradually, Dragonwyck reveals her secrets to Miranda. A world of selfishness, desire and madness opens up to her as she becomes more and more involved with Nicholas.