Diabolique

1996 · 107 min · EN · R · 5.5 (331 votes)

Dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik · Starring Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates, Spalding Gray, Shirley Knight · Music Randy Edelman

“Two women. One man. The combination can be murder.”

MysteryThrillerHorror

The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed scheme to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The psychological strain starts to weigh on the two women when a retired police investigator begins looking into the man's disappearance on a whim.

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A suffocating atmosphere of dread and paranoia permeates this chilling thriller. The psychological tension ratchets up as two women grapple with a dark secret, their carefully laid plans unraveling into a nightmarish spiral of suspicion and fear.

suspensefulchillingclaustrophobicunsettlingslow-burnpsychological thrillerneo-noiratmosphericcharacter-drivenbetrayalparanoiaguiltfeminine rage

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