"In this film, the wife and mistress of a cruel and abusive boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. After successfully doing so, the women begin to question how dead the headmaster really is. Sound familiar? That's because this movie directly influenced Alfred Hitchcock's American horror classic Psycho (1960). This influence is evident in the atmosphere of suspense, plot elements, and surprising twists. The suspense and psychological tension in Les Diaboliques were instrumental in shaping the iconic shower scene in Psycho."
"In Les Yeux sans visage, a brilliant but deranged surgeon attempts to restore his daughter's disfigured face by kidnapping and experimenting on young women. The eerie atmosphere and surgical horror in this film were highly influential, shaping the thematic landscape of many American horror movies - even the mad scientist Dr Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a result of this influence,"
Late October is a popular time to watch horror classics. French cinema produced pioneering films that altered common horror narratives and introduced new forms of spectacle. Les Diaboliques (1955) follows a wife and a mistress who murder an abusive boarding-school headmaster and then confront uncertainties about his death; that film influenced Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho through suspense, plot elements, and shocking twists. Les Yeux sans visage (1960) features a deranged surgeon who kidnaps and experiments on young women to restore his daughter's face; its eerie surgical horror shaped thematic elements in many American horror movies.
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