The Spiral Staircase | |
Director: | Peter Collinson |
Producer: | Josef Shaftel |
Starring: | Jacqueline Bisset Christopher Plummer Sam Wanamaker Mildred Dunnock Gayle Hunnicutt Elaine Stritch John Phillip Law |
Music: | David Lindup |
Cinematography: | Ken Hodges |
Editing: | Raymond Poulton |
Studio: | Raven Films |
Distributor: | Warner Bros. |
Runtime: | 86 minutes |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
The Spiral Staircase is a 1975 British horror mystery thriller film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Plummer.[1] [2] It is a remake of the 1946 film of the same name, which was adapted from Ethel Lina White's 1933 British novel Some Must Watch.
Helen Mallory is a beautiful young woman who has been unable to speak a word since seeing her husband and daughter die in a fire. She visits the home of her elderly, invalid grandmother and meets her uncle, Joe Sherman, a respected psychiatrist. The visit turns into a nightmare as she encounters Joe's brash brother Steven, as well as a pretentious Southern belle named Blanche and other mysterious characters in a house where everyone's life seems to be in grave danger.