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The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

Original title: L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock
  • 19621962
  • 1h 16m
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6.3/10
1.6K
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The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
Horror
In 19th century London, a woman weds a doctor with necrophiliac tendencies, and whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and might be coming back from the grave to torment her ... Read allIn 19th century London, a woman weds a doctor with necrophiliac tendencies, and whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and might be coming back from the grave to torment her successor.In 19th century London, a woman weds a doctor with necrophiliac tendencies, and whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and might be coming back from the grave to torment her successor.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.6K
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    • Riccardo Freda
    • Ernesto Gastaldi(story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Barbara Steele
    • Robert Flemyng
    • Silvano Tranquilli
    • Riccardo Freda
    • Ernesto Gastaldi(story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Barbara Steele
    • Robert Flemyng
    • Silvano Tranquilli
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    • 32User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
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    Barbara Steele in The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
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    Barbara Steele in The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
    Barbara Steele and Silvano Tranquilli in The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
    Robert Flemyng in The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
    Barbara Steele in The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
    Robert Flemyng and Barbara Steele in The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
    Harriet Medin in The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
    Maria Teresa Vianello in The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
    Robert Flemyng in The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
    Maria Teresa Vianello in The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
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    Barbara Steele
    Barbara Steele
    • Cinzia Hichcock
    Robert Flemyng
    Robert Flemyng
    • Prof. Bernard Hichcock
    Silvano Tranquilli
    Silvano Tranquilli
    • Dr. Kurt Lowe
    • (as Montgomery Glenn)
    Maria Teresa Vianello
    Maria Teresa Vianello
    • Margaretha Hichcock
    • (as Teresa Fitzgerald)
    Harriet Medin
    Harriet Medin
    • Martha - The Maid
    • (as Harriet White)
    Spencer Williams
    Aldo Cristiani
      Evaristo Signorini
      • Inspector Scott
      • (as Evar Simpson)
      Giovanni Querrel
        Neil Robinson
        • Hospital Assistant
        • (uncredited)
        Howard Nelson Rubien
        • Laboratory Specialist
        • (uncredited)
          • Riccardo Freda
          • Ernesto Gastaldi(story and screenplay)
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        • Trivia
          Barbara Steele took 10 days off filming Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963) to film this.
        • Goofs
          The first time Hichcock sees his wife's ghost he runs out into a heavy rain; when he returns his clothes and hair are dry.
        • Crazy credits
          Midway through the opening credits a woman screams.
        • Connections
          Featured in The Return of Caltiki (2007)

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        L'ORRIBILE SEGRETO DEL DR. HICHCOCK/THE HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK (1962) - Italian TV Screening Review
        Actually what I have on VHS (recorded off the TV) is the full-length version of the film, released in the U.K. as THE TERROR OF DR. HICHCOCK (in the U.S. it was cut by 10 mins. and retitled).

        From the little I have watched of 'Euro Horror', this is definitely one of the highlights; most critics place it at the top of Freda's canon and it's easy to see why. Visually the film is stunning (even if the print I have watched has seen better days) with any number of striking images that are not easily forgotten.

        Still, the film's greatest coup, perhaps, is its unabashed (but not sensationalistic) treatment of necrophilia, a theme that was pretty much taboo at the time - and probably still is! (I urge you all to read Glenn M. Erickson's excellent and highly perceptive essay on the film on the 'Images Journal' website - incidentally, you will find a whole section here devoted to Italian horror films.) In this respect, THE TERROR OF DR. HICHCOCK would make a fine companion piece to Mario Bava's LA FRUSTA E IL CORPO/THE WHIP AND THE BODY (1963), another unhinged (and extremely personal) Gothic masterwork!

        The exemplary cast is headed by Barbara Steele and Robert Flemyng. Steele is pretty good in what she has to do (though never quite scaling the heights of LA MASCHERA DEL DEMONIO/THE MASK OF Satan [1960]) but is overshadowed by Flemyng as Dr. Bernard Hichcock (an inspired choice for a name!) who is utterly credible in all the various facets of manic lust his character has to go through. Indeed, this doctor would not have been amiss in a Poe story and, much as I love Vincent Price in the AIP/Corman adaptations, Flemyng here emerges a far more sinister figure - without ever resorting to camp!

        Finally, I wonder how this film's follow-up LO SPETTRO/THE GHOST (1963), which I have never watched, compares with the original. Hopefully both films will one day be adequately represented on DVD, possibly released as a double-feature.
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        • Bunuel1976
        • Jun 17, 2004

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        • Release date
          • December 2, 1964 (United States)
          • Italy
          • Italian
        • Also known as
          • Villa Perucchetti, 21 Via Pietro Paolo Rubens, Rome, Lazio, Italy
        • Production company
          • Panda Film
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        • 1 hour 16 minutes
          • Mono

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