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In a village in 1906 Vermont, Helen, a mute girl, attends a silent film screening in a local inn. During the screening, a paraplegic woman limps out of the theatre to her room. She is strangled by a man who was hiding in her closet. Her murder is the third in a string of killings in the community.
The Spiral Staircase: Directed by Robert Siodmak. With Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith. In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
May 7, 2021 · The Spiral Staircase Is A 1946 American Psychological Horror Film.Directed By Robert Siodmak And Starring Dorothy Mcguire, George Brent, And Ethel Barrymore....
The Spiral Staircase. Summaries. In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
Theatrical trailer of "The Spiral Staircase" by Robert Siodmak. Starring Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, Rhonda Fleming, Gordon O...
Robert Siodmak’s The Spiral Staircase is a classic Hitchcockian thriller set in a shadow-filled Victorian house. The manor’s mute servant girl, Helen, is threatened by a murderer on the premises—a killer who targets those burdened by afflictions….
It’s the quintessential Gothic formula: a serial killer traps an innocent, young girl in an old, dark mansion of the past. In the hands of master Robert Siodmak, this formula adds a noir ethos and expressionist aesthetic to create one of the most entertaining period thrillers in the noir cycle: The Spiral Staircase.
