Kolya on 22/7/2010 at 17:28
From what I read director Tourneur indeed didn't want to show an actual cat in the office scene.
However I don't think it destroys the ambiguity of Irene's nature. What we see might as well be the overworked imaginations of the characters.
Personally I never thought she had released the wildcat but that it was always her.
I found the film interesting not just for the horror and suspense but for showing how Irene's behaviour is interpreted as psychological illness by everyone and she is ostracised for it. She herself believes that something's not right with her. But the eventual outbreak is clearly a reaction to what happens to her.
[spoiler]There's a rather simple solution for her unwillingness to have sex with her husband and all that jive about being different, that fits in quite perfectly with her suppressed aggressive nature.[/spoiler]
Noidypoos on 22/7/2010 at 22:56
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098672/) The Woman in Black (1989)
Cheating somewhat (hey it's got black in the title at least), this is worth a mention. A young solicitor is sent to settle an old estate. When he hits the nearby town he gets a hint of its dark history. The towns folk are unhelpful and live in thrall of the old place and there's this woman in widow's weeds who appears in the distance who none of the townsfolk ever acknowledge. He decides to check out the estate's story more closely by paying it a visit and auding the papers properly.
The place is in an estuary marsh, only accessable at low tide and no coachman will stay longer than a few minutes. To do his work he must spend the night.
Yeah, this one's got it all. It sounds potentially cheesy but amazingly it isn't (at least as far as my remember). I don't want to build it up too much and it was a long time ago I saw it, but to date nothing has scared me as much as this show. That cold dread that stays with you for weeks afterwards, has you checking out every dark shape in the corner of your eye. Oh I built it up too much. Never mind.
Inline Image:
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/images/TVH_Thumbs/ffw09/thewomaninblack.jpgRegardless of the limits of the thread, everyone must see this film (I think it's on Youtube) because there are some scenes in it that will chill you to the bone
