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Lady Possessed

1952 · 87 min

A slow, shadowy spell of grief and longing, where a grieving woman drifts into another's identity.

Directed by: William Spier
Genres: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Starring: James Mason, June Havoc, Stephen Dunne

Tagline: LOVE...that fed on darkness and fear!
Overview: A pianist takes his ailing wife out of a London hospital at the same time that another female patient there has suffered a miscarriage. Afterwards, the second woman feels empty and withdrawn, and, thinking that getting her away from London will help, her husband takes her to live at a country estate, which turns out to be the former residence of the pianist who left after his wife died. The woman begins to get visions of the wife and her final days; is she becoming possessed by the dead wife of the pianist?

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Directed by: William Spier
Genres: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Starring: James Mason, June Havoc, Stephen Dunne

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
identity
obsession
love
isolation
Places: single country house
big city
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	4
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	6
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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