One of the cinema's preeminent examples of gothic horror.

The visual style still impresses, but the story beneath it has become too formularised for the film to retain all its original power.

It will leave its audiences yearning for that quiet, sunny little motel in Psycho.

Bava's employment of unique camera angles, heavily atmospheric sets, and startling moments of violence combine to create a trendsetting picture that has influenced generations of filmmakers.