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Experiment in Terror

1962 · 123 min

A slow-burning, nerve-wracking thriller that keeps you on edge with its eerie phone calls and mounting dread.

Tagline
Terror... Tension... Almost More Than The Heart Can Bear
Overview
A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • fate
  • isolation
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller, crime
Directed by
Blake Edwards
Written by
Gordon Gordon, Mildred Gordon
Starring
Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Roy Poole, Ned Glass, Anita Loo, Patricia Huston, Gilbert Green
Music
Henry Mancini
Cinematography
Philip H. Lathrop
Runtime
123 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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