Columbia Pictures Corporation | Release Date: August 22, 1961 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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The GuardianPaul Howlett
The plot is nicked from Henri-Georges Clouzot's Les Diaboliques, full of guttering candles, bumps in the night, and the kind of little shocks you hate yourself for jumping at. [08 Nov 2008, p.53]
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Though clearly influenced by Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 Psycho, Scream of Fear is closer to Orson Welles in its baroque visual design and delight in style for style's sake. [21 Oct 2008, p.C4]
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Village VoiceJonas Mekas
No thrill, no suspense, no direction, bad in every way. [31 Aug 1961, p.8]