An undisputed British masterpiece.
An intimately disturbing experience.
By now the film is a canonical favourite of film theorists and horror buffs, its reputation even a little distorted in the opposite direction.
A classic that is definitely worth revisiting on the big screen.
Michael Powell's chilling study in torture stands as the fully achieved work of art it always was.
While not impeccable (some performances are dodgy), it's a perceptive, blackly comic masterwork.
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