The Spiral Staircase
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
- Zhanri: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
- Studio: RKO Radio Pictures, Dore Schary Productions, Vanguard Films
- Fjalen: based on novel or book, staircase, childhood trauma, violence against women, half-brother, stepson, mute, serial killer, killer, old dark house, gothic, spiral staircase, speech impediment, bedridden, stormy night, pair of evil eyes, physical disability, proto-slasher, speech impaired, spree killer, mute servant, traumatized woman, imperfection, horror noir, lost voice, target the handicapped
- Cast: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, Rhonda Fleming, Gordon Oliver