Paranoiac (1960)
- Directed by
- Freddie Francis
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 83 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman returns to her family estate after her brother's supposed suicide. She becomes tangled in a web of deception and psychological manipulation with a mysterious impostor.
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What happens
Paranoiac is a 1963 British neo-noir psychological thriller film from Hammer Film Productions. It is directed by Freddie Francis, and stars Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, and Alexander Davion. The screenplay, written by Jimmy Sangster, is based loosely on the 1949 novel Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey. The film was released by Rank Film Distributors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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