Sat, Mar 25 / 7 pm
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
1955, France, 116 min
French with English subtitles
Before Psycho, Peeping Tom, and Repulsion, there was Diabolique. This thriller which shocked audiences in Europe and the US, is the story of two women—the fragile wife and the willful mistress of the sadistic headmaster of a boys’ boarding school—who hatch adaring revenge plot. With its unprecedented narrative twists and terrifying images, Diabolique is a heart-grabbing benchmark in horror filmmaking.
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