3.5.09

terror in the haunted house (1961)

aka My World Dies Screaming.
In Switzerland Sheila Wayne, is in session with her psychotherapist, recounting a recurring nightmare she has in a derelict house. A house so terrifying that she screams in terror when remembering it. The therapist seems to miss the fact that her nightmares seem to have started at the same time as he got married. Back in the US and her husband rents a house that is exactly the same as in her dreams and soon nightmarish things start to happen to her. Is she mad or is someone trying to make her loose her mind?
Shot in 'Psychorama' in 1958 but not released until 1961. It was filmed in Psychorama, a process which used subliminal messages and pictures. In reality it's a sub William Castle style terror, using a gimmick to paper over the cracks. A curio that's not really worth investigating. Not bad exactly, just not any good.

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