Diabolique

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William B Great movie, with a great director. Plot is amazing. I cannot go further than that. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/25 Full Review Wayne K Apparently a big influence on Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho just a few years later, Diabolique seems like exactly the kind of film he’d make, and in fact it seems like that was his plan, until someone else beat him to the rights. It’s a mystery, it’s a crime story, its full of suspicious characters you’re not sure if you can trust, its got a lead who falls further and further down a rabbit hole as the story progresses. Despite being billed as a horror film it doesn’t really become one until around the final 10 minutes, but it does it really well, with little music, slow shots, dark and creepy corridors and an escalating sense of dread and paranoia. It’s based around the kind of plan where a million things could easily go wrong, and any one of them could derail it completely, but the motivations certainly make sense, and the actors play their parts so well that you never fell like any of them are giving the game away. I also love how it ends with a request not to spoil the film, an unspoken cinematic rule that I wished more people would follow. I’m not sure how much different it would have been if Hitch had been the man to helm it, but as it is, it really demonstrates just how good European cinema was in the mid 20th century, a time when American cinema was still strangled by the Hayes Code. If you love a good crime thriller, be sure to give it a watch. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/31/24 Full Review Marcelo oliveira c Definitivamente um clássico do terror pscológico, uma obra prima conceitual. Adoro a estética desse filme, ele guarda um dos finais mais impressionantes que já vi em algumas obras. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/30/24 Full Review Damian M This is a top notch thriller, executed perfectly. Loved this vignette, the mystery had me racking my brain, and the cast was great. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/23/24 Full Review Illem L As good as they come, one of the best thrillers ever made. Incredible build up and payoff, with excellence in every scene. Clouzot was a master. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/05/24 Full Review Stephen H So damn good. Really surprised. Watched it for a class in college. Just wow. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/27/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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