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Diabolique

1955, Movie, NR, 107 mins

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A bitter chiller, and one of the most suspenseful films ever made. Vera Clouzot stars as Christina, the wife of a cruel and callous schoolmaster (Paul Meurisse) who, along with her spouse's mistress (the great Simone Signoret), plots her husband's demise. Once the job is done, however, Christina becomes increasingly fearful that her husband has somehow come back from the dead. Read the complete review for Diabolique
Year: 1955
Rated NR

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Cast
Simone Signoret: Nicole Horner
Vera Clouzot: Christina Delasalle
Paul Meurisse: Michel Delasalle
Charles Vanel: Inspector Fichet
Jean Brochard: Plantiveau
Noel Roquevert: Herboux

 

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Question: I remember in the '80s there was a remake of an old French movie about this man who keeps tormenting his wife and another woman. It was set in a castle or something, and the scene I remember most vividly is the one in which the wife runs into the bathroom and locks the door. She turns around and all of a sudden, he pops out of the tub full of water and his eyes are rolled back into his head. She screams. Please, oh please, tell me the title of this movie and something about it!  


Answer: Although it was made earlier than you suggest, I think you're remembering Reflections of Murder (1974), a startlingly good made-for-TV remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot's Diabolique (1955), in which the sadistic headmaster of a cavernous boys' boarding schoo read more

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