Rent homicidal straitjacket 1961 on dvd and bluray. As it stands, its like something that might have turned up on television as an episode of the alfred hitchcock hour but is given something of a lift by jean arless aka joan marshall as the homicidal emily, eugenie leontovich, the old lady in the. The story goes downhill from there and, just when you think you have. Homicidal subtitles srt file is movie with the following synopsis the brutal stabbing murder of a justiceof the peace sparks an investigation of dark family secrets in a sleepy small town in southern california. The tingler 1959 and house on haunted hill 1959 released homicidal in 1961. On its release in the united kingdom it proved highly controversial to the british board. The film concerns a young woman named miriam webster patricia breslin. Homicidal is a 1961 american horrorthriller film produced and directed by william. I know it was common for films of the day, but i love how homicide and homicidal are. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. Download homicidal 1961 720p bluray h264 aacrarbg softarchive. Homicidal yify subtitles download, yts subtitles homicidal in any format.
Homicidal 1961 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. So heres my awful take on what the trailer should be like. Even though it doesnt pack the whallop that psycho did i was ten years old when i saw psycho in 1961, it was so new my parents hadnt seen it yet, and my babysitter and i saw the movie by mistake. Feb 17, 2014 youd think a fella who won the lottery would have a lot to smile about, right. As with many of castles films, the film was released with a. Homicidal 1961 was a knockoff of psycho 1960, with the added fillip of a fright break, which offered audiences a refund if they left during the films final. It also features a large ensemble cast that includes glenn corbett, patricia breslin and eungenie leontovich just to name a few. A woman calling herself miriam webster gives a bellboy a thousand dollars if he will marry her and immediately after the ceremony nullify the marriage.
It was the first englishlanguage film to use the word homosexual. Youll find related movie titles and typography in the 19601964 and 1960s trailers sections. Victim is a 1961 british suspense film directed by basil dearden and starring dirk bogarde and sylvia syms. Homicidal cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Sardonicus wants nothing more than to wipe that frozen rictus from his faceand will stop at nothing to do so. The film follows a murderous woman in a small california town whose presence unearths secrets concerning a prominent local family. Jan 12, 2015 homicidal is a horror film produced and directed by william castle in 1961 which was memorable for one thing more than anything else, namely joan marshall under the pseudonym jean arless, playing the role of a lifetime. It was something of a shock back when the film was released and if you have not seen. After years of making haunted house type movies, castle makes in homicidal a slasher movie like psycho. Homicidal movie actor glenn corbettphoto measures 8 x 10. Nov 04, 2011 movie trailer to homicidal 1961 this feature is not available right now. Ventura, california, like psychos phoenix, arizona. When one of the nasty monsters escaped into a movie theater, the films gimmick would begin.
The story centers around a murderous scheme to collect a rich inheritance. The plot specifics and murders in homicidal are different from psycho, but the film has these matchups. It premiered in the uk on 31 august 1961 and in the us the following february. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing homicidal near you. Theres a william castle cult out there that hopefully is healthy enough to accept the truth. Homicidal steals a few details from psycho and the script is nowhere as upsetting as psycho,still the movie is great horror fun. Victim is a 1961 british neo noir suspense film directed by basil dearden and starring dirk bogarde and sylvia syms. Homicidal is a 1961 american horror thriller film produced and directed by william castle, and starring glenn corbett, patricia breslin, eugenie leontovich, alan bunce, and jean arless. Homicidal further benefits from an amazing, fullthrottle performance by jean arless, who deploys a level of scenerychewing histrionics worthy of joan crawford as she essays the troubled character a jawdroppingly overthetop scene where she ritualistically destroys a romantic rivals flower shop is a highlight in this respect.
Homicidal is a 1961 american horrorthriller film produced and directed by william castle, and starring glenn corbett, patricia breslin, eugenie leontovich, alan bunce, and jean arless. Homicidal is a horror film produced and directed by william castle in 1961 which was memorable for one thing more than anything else, namely joan marshall under the pseudonym jean arless, playing the role of a lifetime. I know it was common for films of the day, but i love how homicide and homicidal are consistently pronounced homeicide and homeicidal. Rent homicidal straitjacket 1961 starring joan crawford and patricia breslin on dvd and bluray. This is coupled with a subplot to scare the deafmute owner of a silent movie house to death. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Homicidal is a film directed by william castle with glenn corbett, patricia breslin, joan marshall, eugenie leontovich, year.
Glenn corbett, patricia breslin, eugenie leontovich language. The movie homicidal actually has a much better story then psycho to which its always compared to. Along the way, a couple of characters are injected with lsd and begin hallucinating like mad. Yes, it has the famous fright break 2 and a couple of shock scenes that are rather strong for 1961. The object of murder is miriam webster, who is to share in the inheritance with her half brother warren, who lives with his childhood guardian helga in the mansion where warren and mariam grew up. Theres always been a thin line between homage, inspiredby, borrowed from, and just plain rippedoff.
For homicidal 1961 he came up with the fright break and cowards corner, a yellow booth manned by a bewildered cinema employee in the lobby. An offbeat william castle outing scripted by ray russell from his own short story. Others, such as homicidal, actually turned out to be effective chillers in their own right. As with many of castles films, the film was released with a promotional gimmick. A movie considered to be so scary that it had a fright break, allowing the audience to leave the theater before the terrifying and shocking ending, homicidal is a scary thrill ride. He pricks his finger, sucks it, and boom reveals the main title, neatly sewn into a grandmotherly homicidal. Events take a turn for the worse, however, when miriams halfbrother. It is a 1961 thriller full of action and suspense, william castle directed the thriller.
Before the family trip up to northern california, i dug through my dvd collection to watch a couple flicks whose filming locations would be on our route. May 21, 2014 a pretty but rather strange young nurse presides over a creepy household which consists of a mute stroke victim and a decidedly unmacho young man. The brutal stabbing murder of a justiceofthepeace sparks an investigation of dark family secrets in a. The film concerns a young woman named miriam webster patricia breslin who seemingly has everything a girl. Youd think a fella who won the lottery would have a lot to smile about, right. William castles homage to psycho may have been something of a cheap ripoff but homicidal is still entertaining, if hugely predictable.
A young woman checks into an hotel in ventura calif. Homicidal further benefits from an amazing, fullthrottle performance by jean arless, who deploys a level of scenerychewing histrionics worthy of joan crawford as she essays the troubled character a jawdroppingly over the top scene where she ritualistically destroys a romantic rivals flower shop is a highlight in this respect. I went to show my friend the trialer for this awesome movie, but the trialer was short, sucked and consisted of manily screaming. Please dont reveal the ending of this picture or your friends will kill you if they dont, i will. William castles take on psycho does a pretty good job of emulating that movie without stealing from it outright. Homicidal 1961 william castle synopsis, characteristics. Psycho came out in 1960 and fast on its heels in 1961 came homicidal. Mar 12, 2015 psycho came out in 1960 and fast on its heels in 1961 came homicidal.
Cross alfred hitchcock with a carnival showman and you might come up with william castle, the lowbudget horror king of the exploitation gimmick. The brutal stabbing murder of a justiceofthepeace sparks an investigation of dark family secrets in a sleepy small town in southern california. Confined to a wheelchair after recently suffering a stroke, helga is cared for by her nurse emily, a strange young woman who. With glenn corbett, patricia breslin, eugenie leontovich, alan bunce. A pretty but rather strange young nurse presides over a creepy household which consists of a mute stroke victim and a decidedly unmacho young man. Indeed, there are camera angles, musical cues and plot scenarios that practically border on plagiarism of the original film. A movie considered to be so scary that it had a fright break, allowing the. Download homicidal 1961 720p bluray h264 aacrarbg or any other file from movies category. Homicidal is a 1961 american horrorthriller film produced and directed by william castle, and starring glenn corbett, patricia breslin, eugenie leontovich, alan. Overview of homicidal, 1961, directed by william castle, with glenn corbett, patricia breslin, jean arless, at turner classic movies. The brutal stabbing murder of a justiceof the peace sparks an investigation of dark family secrets in a sleepy small town in southern california. Glenn corbett, patricia breslin, eugenie leontovich, alan bunce, richard rust, james westerfield, gilbert green, joan marshall director. Title sequence from homicidal 1961, directed by william wyler, starring glenn corbett, patricia breslin, eugenie leontovich, alan bunce, richard rust. Homicidal is the cult 1961 homage to alfred hitchcocks psycho from the man who pioneered such interactive theatergoing staples as percepto and lllusiono, schlock meister william castle.
Homicidal, movie, 1961 internet movie cars database. Before the family trip up to northern california, i dug through my dvd collection to watch a couple flicks whose filming locations would be. Movie trailer to homicidal 1961 this feature is not available right now. One of the most preeminent showmen in hollywood, william castle, director of such films as the tingler 1959 and house on haunted hill 1959 released homicidal in 1961, one year after the release of alfred hitchcocks masterpiece, psycho. The movie was castles answer to the phenomenal success of hitchcocks 1960 classic psycho. It seems that emily is quite disturbed as the movie opens with an alarming murder sequence. When the fright break was announced, and you couldnt take it any more, you had to leave your seat and, in front of the entire audience, follow yellow footsteps up the aisle, bathed in. The film concerns a young woman named miriam webster patricia breslin who seemingly has everything a girl could want including a successful flower shop business, and a handsome beau, karl glenn corbett, who works as a pharmacist. Homicidal represents producerdirector william castles slant on hitchcocks psycho. Glenn corbett, patricia breslin, eugenie leontovich, alan bunce, richard rust studio. Homicidal is a perfectly wretched movie, bad enough to make castles other hits seem like flukes, and the good qualities in his uneven output, accidents.