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Summary: A ok movie
Review: this movie was pretty good, but I dint like some of it. Or I thought some of it was not very scary. I dont know it is a ok movie but it is really not scary.
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Summary: Great dream of a Gothic thriller
Review: This well-remembered Gothic thriller has been re-filmed three times--once for TV in 1961 with Elizabeth Montgomery, once in 1975 with Jacqueline Bisset, and once again for TV in 2000 with Nicolette Sheridan--but the originals never quite captured the qualities of the original, which features Doroithy McGuire's best performance as a terrorized mute serving girl in a 1906 New England mansion. The script itself isn't much, and relies on very hoary melodramatic conventions that even seemed old in its day, and the script has its share of howlers (the famous last line, in particular). What makes it memorable is McGuire's very affecting performance, Robert Siodmak's remarkably chilling direction, and most of all the great Warren mansion itself--one of the most beautifully elaborate sets ever constructed for a Gothic. At times your eyes have trouble taking the entirety of the house's richly inhuman decorations in, and the killer's ability to move in and around the house with ease seems perfectly logical. (Keep a watch out for the great early sequence with Dorothy McGuire watching herself in the mirror on the landiung of the house's other, main staircase--as the killer watches her watching herself.)
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Summary: The Spiral Staircase
Review: What a classic thriller! A young women has been mute since she was a girl - Helen, played by Dorothy McGuire. She is living in an large old house with an elderly women, played by the wonderful Ethel Barrymore and her two sons played by George Brent and Gordon Oliver. There is a young Doctor, played by Kent Smith who is looking out the Helen and is interested in helping her. There seems to have been a murder recently of a young girl. Mrs. Warren(Ethel Barrymore) seems to know a lot more then she is telling. On a dark and raining night each person in the house comes to face some under lieing fear that grips everyone eventually. The lighting is very interesting and the acting is top noch. For those of you who really enjoy the who-done-it and thriller genre this is one of the best.
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Summary: One of the most suspenseful movies I have ever seen.
Review: When I first saw this movie at the videostore, I bypassed it. When I caught it on AMC, I realized how excellent the movie really was. The movie was spine tingling and hair raising as it also was bone chilling. The movie was well plotted and left you on the edge of your seat. A strangler of women are leaving a trail of bodies in his path. A man is determined to stop this. The strangler has chosen his next victim, a girl who has not spoken a single word. She begins to feel eyes watching her and someone stalking her. She tries to tell people, but they do not believe her. As the days go by, one fateful night brings the girl face to face with the heartless murderer. She searches for help in the house, but there is no one in the house to help her. She realized that she was alone in the house with a killer, and she could not scream for help. As the chase begins, you can't turn the station until the shocking ending. This movie contained all the elements needed to make a good film. Riveting performances as well as murder and suspense. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good spine tingling thriller.
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