Taste of Fear (U.S. title: Scream of Fear) is a 1961 British thriller film directed by Seth Holt. The film stars Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, and Christopher Lee in a supporting role. It was written and produced by Jimmy Sangster. Bernard Robinson was Production Designer and Stuart Lyons and Bill Constable were the Art Directors.

Plot

Two men recover the body of a young woman inside a Swiss lake. Robert, the family chauffeur, transports Penny Appleby, a wheelchair-using heiress, to her estranged father's estate on the French Riviera. For the past ten years, Penny lived with her mother in Italy after her parents had divorced. When Penny arrives, she is greeted by her stepmother Jane, whom Penny has only just met. Jane informs her that the father has been called away on business. She cannot say when he will return or why he left when he was expecting Penny's arrival.