The House That Screamed
1969 · Movie · GP · 100 min · ★ 6.5 · 61% critics
In 19th-century southern France, a new arrival enters a remote boarding school for troubled girls ruled by a harsh headmistress. As she adjusts to the school’s cruel routines and tense social order, disappearances and growing unease turn the place into a mystery-filled nightmare.
Also known as The Finishing School · The Boarding School · House of Evil
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Details
- Original title
- La residencia
- Years
- 1969
- Release date
- 1969-12-01
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- GP
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (125 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy slow-burn gothic mysteries with tense schoolhouse drama and a creeping sense of dread, somewhat in the vein of The Awakening; Not for you if you want fast pacing or frequent scares.
Pros: eerie boarding-school setting; strong atmosphere; intriguing mystery | Cons: very slow pacing; light on horror; uneven script
Themes
- boarding school
- southern france
- bullying
- teacher student relationship
- 19th century
- mother son relationship
- girls' school
Cast & crew
Lilli Palmer
as Mrs. Fourneau
Cristina Galbó
as Teresa
John Moulder-Brown
as Luis
Maribel Martín
as Isabel
Mary Maude
as Irene
Cándida Losada
as Ms. Desprez
Pauline Challoner
as Catalina
Tomás Blanco
as Pedro Baldié
Víctor Israel
as Brechard
Teresa Hurtado
as Andrea
Directed by Chicho Ibáñez Serrador