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Robert Siodmak’s “The Spiral Staircase” is one of my all-time celebrated thrillers. It was adapted from the book “Some Must Peer” by the prolific Ethel Lina White. 2 of White’s books had been made into films by Alfred Hitchcock. “The Wheel Spins” became “The Lady Vanishes”, and “Before the Fact” became “Suspicion”. “The Spiral Staircase” deals with a blooming creepy premise: An unknown killer has been murdering women with “afflictions”. (One victim was disfigured, another feeble-minded, another lame) . Helen, a young still servant girl working in a dim former mansion, is the killer’s next intended victim. The killer is in the house with her, but who is it? Siodmak, a master of film noir, holds your attention for approximately 85 minutes, and never lets go. All of the classic elements are here: Dilapidated shadowy house, thunderstorm, chiaroscuro lighting, eerie musical get, shining performances. The sets, by the design, are leftovers from Orson Welles’ “The Lovely Ambersons”, the music gain by Roy Webb, who had collected other goose-pimplers such as “The Cat People”, “I Walked With a Zombie”, “The Body Snatcher” and Hitchcock’s “Distinguished”. Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman on the Theremin is featured on this accept, providing added goosebumps. And the cast! Magnificent Dorothy McGuire is superb as the endangered Helen, in a house peopled by the likes of the very large Ethel Barrymore, the wooden George Brent, superior character actors Elsa Lanchester, Rhys Williams and Sara Allgood, aesthetic Kent Smith and Gordon Oliver, and elegant Rhonda Fleming. Ellen Corby is in the film too, in a bit part-watch for her! Robert Siodmak was an kindly “B” movie director, having made masterpieces on relatively miniature budgets. His other films include “The Killers”, “Phantom Lady”, “Son of Dracula”, the camp classic “Cobra Woman”, “Criss Improper”, and the Burt Lancaster romp “The Crimson Pirate”. So, in this age of over-inflated budgets, it’s a wonder and honor to view these well-made films from an era of almost non-existent special effects, modest budgets, and substantial actors. The represent and sound quality on this DVD are excellent-very desirable and crisp, so you can really luxuriate in the unlit Victorian sets and eerie musical collect. There are practically no extras on the disc-just the theatrical trailer, but who’s complaining? So, lock your doors and windows, because you never know who’s watching you, and maybe even seek under the bed, unprejudiced to be on the top-notch side, and ogle “The Spiral Staircase”-you will be thoroughly, enjoyably chilled!
One of the most creepy and effective thrillers from the immediate post war era. The movie is in many respects a precursor to new serial killer/stalker movies and stale dismay tactics that serene remain in expend more than 50 years later. The focus of the film is on a household where a cranky mature grandmother is bedridden and waiting to die, being looked after by a soundless nurse who is the serial killers distinct next target as he clearly goes after victims with afflictions in his attempt to restore perfection and beauty to a snide world. The director manages to conjure up an effective feeling of awe and claustrophobia - this is a long, long diagram from William Castle’s amiable ghost frolic The House on Petrified Hill which played more like a farce than a thriller. The film is a cramped reminiscent of another classic serial killer outing made distinguished later in England, Peeping Tom and was clearly intention ahead of its time when it came out in 1946. The cast headed by Dorothy McGuire and George Brent but explore out especially for one of the screen’s immortal icons, Elsa Lanchester who will forever be remembered as The Bride of Frankenstein. The Spiral Staircase is a gracious thriller, may be a touch over wrought by today’s standards, but effective, tense and fairly creepy. Perhaps, along with M, the enormous gigantic granddaddy of the novel serial killer thriller. Far reliable to the frightful remake that was dished up in 1975.
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