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When Celia (Joan Bennett, Scarlet Street ) marries architect Mark Lamphere (Michael Redgrave, The Lady Vanishes ) after a whirlwind romance, life seems blissful - but all is not as it appears. Her husband's mansion contains re-creations of rooms in which infamous murders took place and his previous wife died in strange circumstances. Is the young bride's imagination overactive, or do the opulent walls hide a sinister secret - and why is one room always kept locked?
Fritz Lang's atmospheric romantic thriller is now available for the first time in a definitive, remastered edition featuring a collector's booklet with film notes and specially-commissioned articles, an extensive stills and poster gallery and rare on-set photographs.
Includes English subtitles for the hard of hearing.
Region 0 PAL.
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By James Colley
Format:DVD
This is a welcome DVD release for a fine movie from Fritz Lang. There are dark themes and suspenseful moods in common with Rebecca and Suspicion in this psychological thriller about a wealthy young woman (played by Joan Bennett) who goes on vacation and, seemingly on impulse, falls for a charming but mercurial architect (Michael Redgrave) and marries him before she even really knows anything of substance about him. Predictably, after a brief period of happiness, her husband begins to act strangely, and, as she anxiously tries to discover the reasons for his sudden cold aloofness, she finds that he has been married before. As she tries to make sense of such a shock, one more unnerving revelation after another (not least her husband's bizarre collection of murder-themed rooms that he keeps in his basement) shakes her sense of security, and then there is the lingering mystery of what lies beyond the room whose door remains locked in his mansion. Without giving anything else away, I can say that this is a riveting story, well-paced and expertly played and directed, with breathtaking use of light and shadow to summon up certain moods and moments. The print is really bright and clean, the sound is excellent and the experience as a whole is very enjoyable indeed. Highly recommended.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By Raskolnikov
Format:DVD
This new edition by Exposure Cinema is a little treasure. The DVD transfer is very clean, with good contrast and a very pleasant overall image quality. It comes with an illustrated booklet containing three brief but interesting essays about the movie and its director. This is a title that Lang fans have waited forever to get. Kudos to the company for showing great care and issuing a top-quality product!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This film sees Mark (Michael Redgrave) with a pychological problem. There are a few things wrong in his head, eg, he collects rooms where murders have been committed. He lays these rooms out exactly as they were, with original artifacts, at the time the murders were committed and devotes a wing of his house to them. When Celia (Joan Bennett) marries him, she only discovers his passion when a rain storm ruins the outside house-warming party they are giving, and he brings the guests indoors for a tour of the house.
What lies in room no.7? It is permanently locked and becomes Celia's object of curiosity. Also in the house are 3 slightly spooky other characters - Redgrave's sister Caroline (Anne Revere), his son David (Mark Dennis) from a previous marriage and his secretary Miss Robey (Barbara O'Neil). Its a good film, but I think if I was a woman I would have left him pretty early on in the relationship!
While I could see where the film was heading, the actual ending is not what I expected. It's a spookily filmed story and it's quite memorable.
What lies in room no.7? It is permanently locked and becomes Celia's object of curiosity. Also in the house are 3 slightly spooky other characters - Redgrave's sister Caroline (Anne Revere), his son David (Mark Dennis) from a previous marriage and his secretary Miss Robey (Barbara O'Neil). Its a good film, but I think if I was a woman I would have left him pretty early on in the relationship!
While I could see where the film was heading, the actual ending is not what I expected. It's a spookily filmed story and it's quite memorable.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing
Fritz Lang made some great films in his career such as "Scarlet street" and "The big heat". But sadly I was very disappointed with "Secret beyond the door" and the acting... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mrs. Marilyn A. Rice
3.0 out of 5 stars
Freudian frolics!
An enjoyable, well-acted, and wonderfully designed load of nonsense based loosely around the theme of Bluebeard. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Adrian Drew
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lang at his best
Fritz Langs masterpiece "Secret Beyond the Door" is one of those pictures that don't age. It still holds up today due to its deliberate direction, the moody sets, the eerie... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Dr. Anatol Eschelmueller
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lang no Hitchcock, thankfully.
Apparently Fritz Lang was annoyed over the later years of his life that he wasn't thought of as being in the same league as Hitchcock as a recognisable
trade name for suspense... Read more
trade name for suspense... Read more
Published 15 months ago by P. Edwards
1.0 out of 5 stars
Truly lame
Poor, poor, poor. A genuine 24-carat dud.
As other reviewers have said, this is a silly pastiche. Read more
As other reviewers have said, this is a silly pastiche. Read more
Published 16 months ago by J. Kinory
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fritz Lang's take on the Bluebeard story
A New York socialite (Joan Bennett) falls in love with and marries a man (Michael Redgrave) in Mexico that she's only known for a few days. Read more
Published 16 months ago by The CinemaScope Cat
2.0 out of 5 stars
pastiche of film gothic
Imagine taking the plot lines of 'Suspicion', 'Rebecca' and 'Spellbound', putting them in a blender and pouring out the result onto the screen. Read more
Published 17 months ago by W. Hamilton
4.0 out of 5 stars
One strange hobby
This film sees Mark (Michael Redgrave) with a pychological problem. There are a few things wrong in his head, eg, he collects rooms where murders have been committed. Read more
Published on 25 May 2009 by Alex da Silva
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