http://retroslashers.net/proto-slashers-10-the-spiral-staircase-1946/ Unearthing Forgotten Horror Thu, 23 May 2013 02:07:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://retroslashers.net/proto-slashers-10-the-spiral-staircase-1946/#comment-3706 glenn Thu, 13 May 2010 23:48:37 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/blog/?p=6515#comment-3706 The Spiral Case is a great film and the killers motive has a really nasty edge. The other most obvious proto-slasher that has a red-herring killer and inventive deaths is the Bob Hope version of The Cat and The Canary.

]]> http://retroslashers.net/proto-slashers-10-the-spiral-staircase-1946/#comment-3705 Term paper Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:52:21 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/blog/?p=6515#comment-3705 Wow… Excellent dear, great post!! there is so information on this blog, keep posting like this so that i can come back every day for some new topic…

]]> http://retroslashers.net/proto-slashers-10-the-spiral-staircase-1946/#comment-3704 Ryan Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:43:11 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/blog/?p=6515#comment-3704 I bought the DVD for this and loved it! Very well done for a 1945 black and white film.

]]> http://retroslashers.net/proto-slashers-10-the-spiral-staircase-1946/#comment-3703 Ross Horsley Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:36:07 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/blog/?p=6515#comment-3703 I rate this as one of the best horror films ever… For me, it’s the complete package: atmosphere, great characters, increasing sense of terror and isolation, and stunning to look at. Glad to see it recognized as a proto-slasher too.

]]> http://retroslashers.net/proto-slashers-10-the-spiral-staircase-1946/#comment-3702 Cathedral of Demoni Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:20:04 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/blog/?p=6515#comment-3702 I have to say this is an excellant film with the old dark house, plenty of shadowy atmosphere, the stormy night, good suspense and the unseen killer. Great film but the remakes are a different story.

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