The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
In late 19th century London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from the grave to torment her successor.
Our read · The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · gothic · psychological entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.
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