Hard to go wrong with Vincent Price when it comes to picking films to watch this time of the year.
This one was a great watch and not one that I had seen before. Very heavy, and even a bit ghastly, subject matter for 1963.
Also boasts some great “invisible man” effects.
The only knock I’d give it is the same reliance that so many films rely on, and that is the “power of Christ” will save you.
I don’t have a beef with religion per se, but more that writers either cant think of anything else, or that they insist on putting their own beliefs as the, pardon the pun, ‘saving grace’ of any protagonist.
Diary of a Madman
The most terrifying motion picture ever!
Rating
3.5 (1)
Release Date
3/6/1963Runtime
96 minsGenres
Overview
Simon Cordier, a French magistrate and amateur sculptor comes into contact with a malevolent entity. The invisible - yet corporeal - being, called a "horla" is capable of limited psychokinesis and complete mind control.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
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How It Feels
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A descent into psychological horror as an invisible malevolent presence erodes the boundaries between reality and delusion. The terror lies not in jump scares but in the creeping loss of autonomy and sanity.
Mood
ParanoidUnsettlingDread-soakedClaustrophobic
Themes
ObsessionIsolationIdentity
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticFormalist
Structure
Linear
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