Pros: Cast, Direction, Cinematography, Score Cons: Many later movies have followed its lead
The Spiral Staircase (1946) "You scared the life out of me." Blanche A well done mystery thriller set in an old Victorian mansion, The Spiral Staircase pits a mute serving girl (Dorothy McGuire) against a serial killer who kills ...
Pros: cast, suspense, production values Cons: follows mystery genre conventions
The studios of RKO and David O. Selznick combined forces for The Spiral Staircase, a murder mystery and thriller set in rural New England during the 1910s. Although directed by Robert Siodmak, the film is strongly influenced by both Alfred...
A murderer is targeting disabled young women in a sleepy New England town, and Helen (Dorothy McGuire), a mute servant in a Gothic mansion, is terrifi...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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