How Awful About Allan (1970)

Directed by

Curtis Harrington

Genre

horror film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man named Allan returns home after a stay in a psychiatric hospital. He becomes paranoid and suspects someone is trying to harm him. The film follows his unraveling perception of reality.

tensepsychologically intenseslow-burnmelancholicunsettlingclaustrophobicsuspensefulatmospheric

What happens

How Awful About Allan is a 1970 American made-for-television horror psychological thriller film directed by Curtis Harrington, the first of two collaborations with writer Henry Farrell (the other was What's the Matter with Helen?), and starring Anthony Perkins (in his television film debut) and Julie Harris. It premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week on September 22, 1970, and was produced by prolific television producer Aaron Spelling. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Ritual of Evil (1970)
• Night Slaves (1970)
• Unter Kuratel (1970)
• Savage Intruder (1970)
• Jannie totsiens (1970)
• The Shining (1980)
• The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970)
• The Couch (1962)