Friday 27 August 2010

Diabolique (1955) by Henri-Georges Clouzot – (5/10)

A great thriller, mystery horror movie that has spanned dozens of imitations but no one has come even close to it. That wonderful 50’s mood, style really works to its advantage. There a lot of Hitchcock to this movie, it didn’t come as a surprise to me that Hitchcock did originally want to make this movie but got beaten to it when the rights were being sold. I don’t think that even he could have done a better job. It did seem a bit familiar when I saw it given the high amount of imitation but this one is still the best one of the bunch. It knows how to keep the suspense throughout its duration.

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