# The Spiral Staircase (1946)

> A mute domestic worker must survive a serial killer stalking vulnerable women inside a shadowy 1916 mansion.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/16537

## Facts

- Runtime: 83 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
- Director: Robert Siodmak
- Cast: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, Rhonda Fleming, Gordon Oliver, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Allgood
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038975/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: eerie, brooding, claustrophobic, classic horror night, gothic movie marathon

## Synopsis

A young woman's silence becomes a scream for survival in a house of horrors.

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