Still of the Night1982
“If looks could kill...”
Directed by Robert Benton
🏆 2 nominations total
The premise
When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for despite her being a likely murder suspect. As the police pressure on him intensifies, Rice decides to attempt solving the case on his own and soon discovers that someone is trying to kill him as well.
Horror Vault's take
When a patient turns up dead, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice finds himself caught between a police investigation and his own growing obsession with the man's enigmatic mistress — a woman who may well be the killer. Bound by confidentiality yet drawn into the case, Rice begins a dangerous private inquiry that soon puts his own life on the line. This sleek early-eighties thriller channels Hitchcockian tension through sharp performances and a fog of dream imagery and paranoia.
Content: Violence, Stabbing Depictions, Mild Peril
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