
Psycho(1960)
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.


“KING OF THE MONSTERS! KARLOFF IN HIS NEW HORROR HIT!”
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

Boris Karloff
James Rankin

Jean Kent
Cora Seth

Elizabeth Allan
Barbara Rankin

Anthony Dawson
Supt. Burk

Vera Day
Pearl

Tim Turner
Dr. Kenneth McColl
Diane Aubrey
Lily Rankin
Max Brimmell
Newgate Prison Turnkey

Leslie Perrins
Newgate Prison Governor
Jessica Cairns
Asylum Maid
Grip of the Strangler is a horror, crime, mystery, thriller film released in 1958 exploring themes of obsession, cemetery, murder, serial killer, series of murders, hanging. Directed by Robert Day, it stars Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan. A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
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