Diabolique (1955)

Directors:

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Writers:

Actors:

Zappy Max, Jimmy Urbain, Johnny Hallyday, Christian Brocard, Jean Clarieux, Jean-Pierre Bonnefous

Synopsis:

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
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Diabolique (1955)

Clouzot directs with a cruelty that combines a nastily tangled storyline worthy of Hitchcock with strong performances (including Signoret's) and a seedy setting. There are scenes of physical horror, but Clouzot also sets the flesh creeping with incidences of ordinary nastiness.
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February 1, 2014