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The spiral staircase / a Raven Film production ; produced by Peter Shaw ; directed by Peter Collinso ; written by Andrew Meredith (i.e. Chris Bryant and Allan Scott)
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 033 879
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Archive collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Serial murderers--Drama.
- Serial murderers.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2012]
- System Details:
- DVD widescreen (16x9, 1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital mono.
- digital optical mono
- DVD-R video
- Summary:
- A demented killer stalks the streets, preying on young, handicapped women. A fear-choked modernization of the famed 1946 Gothic shocker.
- A killer stalks the streets, preying on young, handicapped women. Where will he strike next? Who will the next victim be? The answers might surprise you. Helen is a mute woman who stops overnight at her family's mansion. There, Helen's Uncle runs a psychological institute. And there, an unseen eye stares out at Helen from the shadows. When a storm plunges the house into darkness, the terror erupts and Helen's horror has only just begun.
- Participant:
- Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Plummer, John Philip Law, Sam Wanamaker, Mildred Dunnock, Gayle Hunnicutt, Elaine Stritch, John Ronane, Sheila Brennan, Ronald Radd.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Ken Hodges ; editor, Raymond Poulton ; screenplay by Andrew Meredith (Allan Scott & Chris Bryant) ; music, David Lindup.
- Notes:
- Based on the screenplay, "The Spiral staircase", by Mel Dinelli and the novel "Someone must watch" by Ethel Lina White.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1975.
- OCLC:
- 861198477
- Publisher Number:
- 883316469132
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