Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck

1946 · 103 min · EN · NR · 6.6 (90 votes)
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · Starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Spring Byington · Music Alfred Newman

Secret thoughts... That led to secret love... That led to rapture and terror!

DramaRomanceThriller

For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.

VIBE

A brooding, atmospheric descent into gothic romance. Shadows lengthen and secrets fester within a grand estate, where forbidden desires and creeping madness intertwine. It feels like a dark fairy tale with a chilling undercurrent.

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