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4.0/5EXECUTIONER "ACE"
Spellbound (1945)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
4.0/5EXECUTIONER "ACE"Quick Hit
Freud pulp with movie-star heat and nightmare décor.
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Spellbound is half case study, half delirious star vehicle, and the split gives it a weird voltage. Hitchcock turns therapy, guilt, and desire into glossy melodramatic suspense without sanding off the strangeness. It should be ridiculous; instead it seduces.
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This sticks with you. The atmosphere and direction carry it hard and make it feel special.
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This is one of those movies that just works on every level. The tone, pacing, and execution all come together perfectly.
This sticks with you. The atmosphere and direction carry it hard and make it feel special.
This is one of those movies that just works on every level. The tone, pacing, and execution all come together perfectly.