HOME INVASION Pt 5: The Spiral Staircase (1946) & Dial M For Murder (1954)
The Evolution of Horror
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In 1946, RKO produced a psychological thriller about a mute woman who was pursued by a serial killer in a large house. A few years later Alfred Hitchcock made a 3D adaptation of a play by Frederick Knott called Grace Kelly and the Strangler. Both films played on the idea of outsiders invading the home but both films ultimately suggested that as with films like Gaslight, the real monster was inside the house all along.
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