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A Study in Terror

1965 · 95 min

A foggy, lurid Victorian mystery that lures you through grimy streets and stately homes toward a grim, satisfying revelation.

Directed by
James Hill
Genres
Crime, Drama, Horror
Tagline
Sherlock Holmes meets Jack the Ripper! Here comes the original caped crusader!
Overview
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.

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Directed by
James Hill
Genres
Crime, Drama, Horror
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    None
    Places
    • big city
    • single country house
    • hospital
    Era
    period
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language none
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror6
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension7
    Darkness8
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    crime, drama, horror, mystery, thriller
    Directed by
    James Hill
    Written by
    Derek Ford, Donald Ford
    Starring
    John Neville, Donald Houston, John Fraser, Anthony Quayle, Barbara Windsor, Adrienne Corri, Frank Finlay, Judi Dench
    Music
    John Scott
    Cinematography
    Desmond Dickinson
    Runtime
    95 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English, Italian

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