Diabolique (1955) - Film Review
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★★★★★- 5 Stars
I'm gonna go ahead and say it, Diabolique is better than Psycho. Director by Henri-Georges Clouzot and staring his wife Vera Clouzot and Simone Signoret, the film is a murder-thriller film. Two women plan to kill the husband of the one (Clouzot's character). They do, but that's not it. They have to hide the body back at the school they teach at. So, they hide it in the pool. The pool was unexpectedly emptied the next day, and the body disappears! Nicole (Signoret) and Christina (Clouzot) begin to freak out. Was the body found, or did it just disappear?
Christina is haunted by the disappearing body. She begins to grow sick and eventually, one night, finds her "dead" husband in the bath (where they killed him in a hotel bathroom). The husband moves his hands and removes novelty eyes that make him appear dead. Christina freaks out and kills herself. Suddenly, Nicole enters the room. She was behind it the whole time and her and the husband are going to get married! I can explain the film all day, but it is a better experience to watch it. Not a moment in this film felt unnecessary. Little fun fact, this was my first foreign film, and it was the perfect one to start at. Even if you can't stand subtitles, watch this film. It's parfait.
Christina is haunted by the disappearing body. She begins to grow sick and eventually, one night, finds her "dead" husband in the bath (where they killed him in a hotel bathroom). The husband moves his hands and removes novelty eyes that make him appear dead. Christina freaks out and kills herself. Suddenly, Nicole enters the room. She was behind it the whole time and her and the husband are going to get married! I can explain the film all day, but it is a better experience to watch it. Not a moment in this film felt unnecessary. Little fun fact, this was my first foreign film, and it was the perfect one to start at. Even if you can't stand subtitles, watch this film. It's parfait.
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