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Honestly I was kinda disappointed, I mean the last 10 minutes were excellently made as well as the first scene involving the bathtub but the rest kinda dragged and there wasn't enough going on to keep me engaged. The imagery at times was creepy but even this was inconsistent. Could have 30 minutes shorter. Overall it wasn't bad.

Erick

30May12

Moved a lot slower than I expected. The last bathroom scene was neat, but I thought the last scene with the little boy was even better. A great movie, but not worth all the hype.

Gaby

19May12

A tale of a person who can't use their brain, lets themself be consumed by emotion and gets what they deserve for it. You can see the ending a mile away, and then you have to spend the remaining 50 minutes waiting for it to finish. Very weak. Gaslight was better.

BareWeed NoSkins

25Apr12

Goodness! I think my eyes nearly rolled to white, like her's, because of that ending. So terrifying.

Zac Zellers

26Jan12

I love the little disclaimer at the end telling you not to spoil it for your friends.

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Jeremiah Hammerling

11Jan12

Masterpiece.

MarcH

8Jan12

As dank and clammy an atmosphere as any noir. Like stepping out of a shower and into a meat locker. Its amusing, spooky, and very stylized (Vera Clouzot's performance might as well be carried over from a German silent film). The remake is like root canal and should provide fodder for someone's senior thesis: "The Major Movie Studios Lost Their Fucking Minds."

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Ace Craven

2Jan12

Reminded me of what it would look like if Polanski tried to make a film like Hitchcock. Truly tense, smart, and nerve-wrecking -yet complex, focused and narrow. A brilliant story and although this is great film-making, at points it is a bit too A-to-B for my taste. The dialogue is complex and dimensional but can be enjoyed by the average viewer. The third act really made my skin crawl.

chanandre

17Sep11

i mean there is vertigo and psycho here. how much can one tell about a film that made hitchcock do two of his most memorable films ever? this man was better than hitch, but he was french, had he been american and he'd be all over the polls of all-time best director. etc etc. a shame he's not more apreciated. the hype is not juste as a character of "gendarmes à new-york" mighta said (DID ANYONE SEE fougasse?:))5stars

catch_33

26Aug11

Clouzot's suspenseful masterpiece remains as tense as the day it was created. Check out my review here: http://lastpictureshowpodcast.blogspot.com/2011/08/criterion-crate-digging-diabolique-1955.html

Jesue Valle

7Aug11

Funny, creepy and thoroughly enjoyable. That final sequence had my heart thumping and my jaw dropping.

keldon

26Jul11

"Don't be devils. Don't ruin the interest your friends could take in this film. Don't tell them what you saw. Thank you for them."

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Brian Padian

19Jul11

hard not to love

AKFilmFan

6Jun11

A gripping thriller that would've been interesting if Hitchcock got ahold of it first. I can only wonder if future viewings of this movie will have the same effect.....

William Honeycutt

24Jul11

Hitchcock would've cast Jimmy Stewart and destroyed the tone

Border Radio

5Jun11

Well crafted suspense. Bravo.

Posterocalypse

30May11

What a cinematic treat! I absolutely loved this film. This is my second Clouzot film and I'm completely hooked. Bring on Le Corbeau!

Dave

24May11

Clouzot tries to out-Hitchcock Hitchcock. He comes close, but this one doesn't hold up to repeat viewings quite as well as Hitchcock at his finest. Even so, it's a classic and one of the greatest thrillers of the era. Just a pleasure to watch, particularly the first time you get to experience it.

AntioneOscar69

26Mar11

Slow building and all the more effective for it. Great performances, amazing ending.

Adrian Mendoza

28Feb11

i bit my nails, yes i did

capricorn-aries

1Jan11

'' Ne soyez pas diaboliques!!!

Aimee

23Dec10

reminds me of a similarly themed vignette from a Mexican horror film, "Cien Gritos de Terror" (100 Screams of Terror)

Øyvind Rype

30Nov10

Spends about 25min of establishing, which personally I think could've been done a bit more interesting. However, when the movie picks up the pace, it's one of the best thrillers I've seen. Hitchcock is the obvious reference point in this movie and it's not hard to see how Hitchcock could've made something very similar. It also has some major similarities with Blow-Up, Conversation or Blow-Out. Crap-your-pants-ending!