“An icily brilliant suspense thriller... Satisfying, elegant and nasty.”
The wife of a cruel headmaster and his mistress conspire to kill him, but after the murder is committed, his body disappears, and strange events begin to plague the two women. An acknowledged influence on Psycho it’s easy to see why this was one of Alfred Hitchcock’s all-time favourite films.
Out on Blu-ray and DVD on May 17. 2011! Learn more: http://www.criterion.com/films/575-diabolique Before Psycho, Peeping Tom, and Repulsion, there was Diabolique. This thriller from Henri‑Georges Clouzot, which shocked audiences in Europe and the U.S., is the story of two women-the fragile wife and the willful mistress of the sadistic headmaster of a boys' boarding school-who hatch a daring revenge plot.