The Climax

The Climax

1944 · 86 min · EN · 5.4 (28 votes)
Dir. George Waggner · Starring Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Gale Sondergaard, Thomas Gomez, June Vincent · Music Edward Ward

The screen's classic of suspense!

HorrorThriller

Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer reminds Hohner of the late diva and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever.

VIBE

A chilling descent into operatic obsession. This film feels like a fever dream, steeped in the dark glamour of a grand opera house and the unsettling grip of a mad doctor's fixation.

dread-soakedmelancholictenseoperaticsteadyclassic horroroperatic melodramaGothicobsessionjealousyartmadness
operaobsessionbased on play or musicalsingermurdermad doctorsingingopera househypnotism
MORE LIKE THIS — multi-vector + why, diversified