Two killers, one corpse in a chest, and a dinner party. Hitchcock's twisted game of manners.
Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.
Direction
Hitchcock's 'continuous shot' illusion—technically cheating, visually seamless.
Acting
Brandon's smug superiority versus Cadell's dawning horror.
Writing
Nietzschean dinner conversation over a literal dead body.
Director
Stephen Harrison
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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