Underplayed Gems

My World Dies Screaming (1958)

My World Dies Screaming poster
Directed by
Harold Daniels
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A newlywed woman named Sheila moves into a Florida mansion with her husband Philip. She discovers the house matches a recurring nightmare she had, and Philip has a secret plan related to his family's past.

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What happens

Terror in the Haunted House (originally titled My World Dies Screaming) is a 1958 American horror film produced by William S. Edwards and directed by Harold Daniels. The movie stars Gerald Mohr, Cathy O'Donnell, William Ching, and John Qualen. Its plot follows newlywed Sheila, who moves with her husband Philp into a rural Florida mansion which she is horrified to discover was the subject of a recurring nightmare for which she sought psychiatric care in Switzerland. The house is the key to events that have haunted her husband's family for a generation, and Philip's intent is to use her mind to unlock the mystery. The film is notable for being one of only two movies shot in Psychorama, a stylistic gimmick which incorporated subliminal imaging onscreen. Psychorama, also known as the Precon Process, is an example of the "pure hype and hucksterism" which was a component of the "effort to (...) cash in on the mid-1950s controversy over subliminal advertising." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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