Man in the Attic

1953 · 82 min · EN · 5.4 (54 votes)

Dir. Hugo Fregonese · Starring Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer, Frances Bavier, Rhys Williams, Sean McClory · Music Hugo Friedhofer

“The Life...The Loves...The Crimes of Jack the Ripper!”

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London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys, including a gloomy attic room for "experiments." Mrs. Harley finds Slade odd and increasingly suspects the worst; her niece Lily (star of a decidedly Parisian stage revue) finds him interesting and increasingly attractive. Is Lily in danger, or are her mother's suspicions merely a red herring?

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A palpable sense of dread permeates this foggy Victorian London. Unease builds as a seemingly respectable lodger harbors dark secrets, creating a suffocating atmosphere of suspicion and potential danger. Every shadow feels menacing.

tensesuspensefulatmosphericchillingslow-burnVictorian gothicperiod dramanoir-inflectedsuspicionhidden identitydangerobsession

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