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HOME INVASION Pt 5: The Spiral Staircase (1946) & Dial M For Murder (1954)

The Evolution of Horror

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The Spiral Staircase

"I just love being in this space, you know? I definitely agree. I think the last Halloween film too really suffered with that sort of lack of spatial awareness," he says. "Wes Craven took his time to establish the geographical space before he added the horror." 'It's so important, obviously, to this sub-genre that we get a clear indication of the geography of the home and where we are at any given time,' adds director Jerry Bruckheimer.

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