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The Couch (1962)

The Couch poster
Directed by
Owen Crump
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is released from a mental hospital and begins seeing a psychiatrist. His violent tendencies emerge, leading to a series of disturbing events.

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What happens

The Couch is a 1962 American psychological horror film directed by Owen Crump from a screenplay by Robert Bloch and a story by Blake Edwards and Owen Crump. The film stars Grant Williams, Shirley Knight, and Onslow Stevens. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on February 21, 1962. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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