HOME INVASION Pt 5: The Spiral Staircase (1946) & Dial M For Murder (1954)
The Evolution of Horror
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Gaslight: A Film About Domestic Violence
There is that, of course, the reveal at the end that this serial killer murdering afflicted women is in fact, George Brent's character. Did you find that effective, that kind of final act and that reveal of Albert to be the killer? Oh, absolutely. And I think it really kind of hit Hitchcock's cycle is quite rightly considered the first modern horror film. So that big burst in 1960 of eyes without a face, peeping Tom and Psycho, like, bam, let's kickstart the modern horror.
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