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The Spiral Staircase
Directed by
Robert Siodmak
Approved
1946
83m
Drama
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7.3
86%
79%
7.0
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In 1906, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
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The Spiral Staircase Ratings & Reviews
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Herbert Cohn
An always chilling and sometimes hair-raising thriller.
From the Front Row
Mattie Lucas
A haunted house tale where the ghosts are all too human.
Variety
Variety Staff
This is a smooth production of an obvious, though suspenseful murder thriller, ably acted and directed. Mood and pace are well set, and story grips throughout.
TIME Magazine
The Spiral Staircase, a murder mystery, knowingly paced by Director Robert Siodmak and shrewdly acted by an expert cast, including Ethel Barrymore, is choice, eerie entertainment.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
This 1946 film is one of [Siodmak's] least interesting.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
Erected on expressionistic Gothic menace
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Steve Crum
Psychological drama has its share of chills; led by Dorothy McGuire standout.
Classic Film and Television
Michael E. Grost
Complex thriller with rich style.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...the majority of the film's running time [is] bogged down in the dull exploits of several uninteresting characters.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The radiant heroine performance by Dorothy McGuire as a terrified mute, who conveys her inner thoughts without dialogue, was priceless.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
Dorothy McGuire does a fair job as the mute could-be-next victim, but overall the thrill of Spiral is largely gone.
New York Times
Thomas M. Pryor
The film is likely to scare the daylights out of most of its audiences.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Great period noir from Robert Siodmak.
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Dragan Antulov
One of the true gems of classic Hollywood.
TV Guide
Not one thriller convention has been neglected in a picture that is virtually guaranteed to suffuse audiences with gooseflesh.
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