Based on the 1933 novel, "Some Much Watch" by British crime writer Ethel Lina White,
this riveting 1946 American psychological horror film takes place in a small Vermont
town in the early 20th century, where a serial killer is targeting disabled young women.
Actress Dorothy McGuire plays Helen, a lovely young woman rendered mute due
to a childhood trauma, who is employed at the mansion of the Warren family as
the caretaker of the bedridden matriarch Mrs. Warren, played by veteran stage
actress Ethel Barrymore. The older woman senses that Helen's life is in
grave danger and urges her to leave the mansion that night.
With a supporting cast which includes George Brent, Rhonda Fleming, and
Elsa Lanchester, "The Spiral Staircase" was a box office success when it was
released in movie theaters in February, 1946. It has long been considered a
masterpiece of gothic suspense and film noir, with an eerie music score to boot!
(1946)
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