Ground Report | New Delhi: Scariest movie in the world; Henry Georges Closo's horror film was screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival last Sunday. Why is the film, first released in 1955, still so frightening in the hearts of audiences today, and how profound is its impact on modern thriller French films?
When French director Henri Georges Close was making his unconventional psychological horror film Le Diabolique (1955), he wanted the atmosphere on the set of the film to be as bitter as possible.
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Allegedly, he used a method of placing in front of the staff a fish whose sale date had passed long ago. It's hard to say for sure about the incident, but during a scene at the beginning of the film, the director's wife was shown on camera vomiting on food lying in front of her, forcing her to eat.
Scariest movie in the world
Us (2019)
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
Spiral: Saw (2021)
The Witch
The Descent
Suspiria (1977)
Deliverance
Hereditary
The Vanishing (1988)
The Thing (1982)
Lake Mungo (2008)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Babadook (2014)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Under the Skin (2013)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
M (1931)
Scream (1996)
Cabin Fever (2002)
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The Lords of Salem (2012)
Pulse (2001)
The Witches (1990)
God Told Me To (1976)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Candyman (1992)
Let the Right One In (2008)
Jaws (1975)
Deep Red (1975)
Frankenstein (1931)
The House of the Devil (2009)
Get Out (2017)
Goodnight Mommy (2014)
The Strangers (2008)
Dumplings (2004)
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Black Christmas (1974)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
The Fly (1986)
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