Diabolique

Diabolique(1955)

"See it, be amazed at it, but...BE QUIET ABOUT IT!"

7.9/10
1,048 votes
117 minJanuary 29, 1955

Overview

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.

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