Les Diaboliques (1955)
Les Diaboliques
1955, Cinédis
Principal Cast: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Producer: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Screenplay: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cinematography:Armand Thirard
Plot: The wife of a cruel headmaster and his mistress conspire to kill him, but after the murder is committed, his body disappears, and strange events begin to plague the two women. (Courtesy: IMDB)
Die, darling! Die and do it quickly!
Henri-Georges Clouzot's psychological thriller Les Diaboliques is one of the finest works of horror ever captured. He accomplished this without monsters. Without aliens. Even without ax-wielding psychopaths. Clouzot uses mood, lighting and brooding cinematography to capture the terror. Two women, equally spurned by a chauvinist school headmaster, conspire to kill the man that's making their lives hell. But after the murder goes down, the real nightmare begins. The next day the body disappears and neither conspir…
1955, Cinédis
Principal Cast: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Producer: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Screenplay: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cinematography:Armand Thirard
Plot: The wife of a cruel headmaster and his mistress conspire to kill him, but after the murder is committed, his body disappears, and strange events begin to plague the two women. (Courtesy: IMDB)
Die, darling! Die and do it quickly!
Henri-Georges Clouzot's psychological thriller Les Diaboliques is one of the finest works of horror ever captured. He accomplished this without monsters. Without aliens. Even without ax-wielding psychopaths. Clouzot uses mood, lighting and brooding cinematography to capture the terror. Two women, equally spurned by a chauvinist school headmaster, conspire to kill the man that's making their lives hell. But after the murder goes down, the real nightmare begins. The next day the body disappears and neither conspir…
