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Diabolique
See it, be amazed at it, but... BE QUIET ABOUT IT!
See it, be amazed at it, but... BE QUIET ABOUT IT!
Drama, Horror, Thriller - 1955
8.1
96%
N/A
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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Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
117 min
Release date:
29 Jan 1955
Country:
FR
Languages:
English, French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
4 wins

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
With a deliciously curvy and complex plot, Diabolique is a masterpiece of suspense -- as accomplished as anything done by Hitchcock.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
[Creates] a diabolical double-reverse plot that keeps the audience guessing right up to the thoroughly implausible final scene.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
This is one of the dandiest mystery dramas that has shown here in goodness knows when.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Cruel, sour, and -- unfortunately -- very effective.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
13 Aug 2007
rotten:
Although this has a few hallucinating bits of terror, the film is primarily a creaky-door type of melodrama.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
13 Aug 2007
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