Part of hooptober X
Edge-of-seat stuff from the get-go as it ratches the tension up fast and is dripping with thick gothic atmosphere due to the dark and creeking interior of the house and rumbling thunderstorm outside. It is gorgeous to look at with striking film noir visual expression, and often shot and builds tensions like what reminds me of a Hitchcock movie. Feels like a proto-slasher/giallo movie combined with old dark house mystery, telling the story of a deranged…