Who is the devil?

Ottilie 2022-03-25 09:01:10

?"demon"

Twice a day thriller, it's a bit overwhelming to watch it, but I still have to say that it's definitely a pity not to watch this thriller. Save the whole series +1 at the end (watched together with "The Price of Fear")

55 years of film, many routines, such as heart disease, husband and wife tearing, mistress forcing the palace, husband and mistress kill the original partner with intent to make money and kill, suspended animation, "resurrection", fake eyeballs (contact lenses)...etc. A series of stalks that can be said to be rotten now, but they must have been very trendy at the time

A cowardly wife with a heart attack, a violent and manipulative husband, a scheming mistress, a mistress who helped the former wife kill her husband to be free, the missing husband's corpse, and a wife whose psychological defenses collapsed. "Resurrection" husband frightened his wife with heart disease to death again, and the mistress intends to live and fly together, and the wife who appears again in the open ending... (Spoilers involved)

There are a lot of clues and confusion, but the whole film will tell you slowly, the audio-visual effect is too good!

The name is demon, but who is the real demon? Do you think you killed someone's wife? Is the routine scaring the wife's husband to death? Or the little three who fanned the flames everywhere? who knows

What people really fear is not what is exposed, but what is hidden in the dark

PS: Compared with "The Price of Fear", this one is more appealing to me in terms of narrative techniques and plot settings. Call the boss.

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Extended Reading
  • Dominic 2022-04-23 07:02:32

    The heroine, who is not calm, knows what will happen from the beginning of the fight, although there is a subtle open ending at the end.

  • Madisen 2022-04-23 07:02:32

    The model of saving a play at the end of a great ending is a favorite of many directors, from Hitchcock and Billy Wilder to later Nate Shyamalan and Amamba. But from my point of view, obviously, at least in this drama, Clouzot isn't doing that well. The suspenseful atmosphere is greatly reduced by the lengthy narrative, a bit like Huang Jianxiang's "Italian Song" at the World Cup, which only called out the sleepy audience at the end.

Diabolique quotes

  • Michel Delassalle: What's the matter with me tonight? I don't want to sleep. I don't want to sleep. We have to leave.

  • M. Herboux: What the hell is she doing?

    Mme. Herboux: She's taking a bath.

    M. Herboux: At 10:00 pm? Funny habits.