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The House that Cried Murder (1973)


Despite the fact that The House that Cried Murder (AKA: No Way Out / The Bride) feels a little like an overlong horror anthology segment, it still managed to entertain in certain respects and scrape itself more than an average rating - largely thanks to the ending, which certainly added a little oddness to what at first seemed to be a very 'by the numbers' affair.

Our neurotic bride Barbara is humiliated on her wedding day by new husband David after she finds him hooking up with his old flame Ellen during the after-party proceedings. After attacking him with a pair of scissors and fleeing the scene distraught and angry we flick forward in time to where Arthur has hooked up with Ellen and Barbara is missing in action.

The couple then start to receive weird phone calls and gifts reminding them of the fateful wedding day and proof that Barbara has returned and seems to be out for her revenge. As the happenings around their home get weirder, David confronts Barbara's father as to her whereabouts and to try and distinguish what is going on.

Clocking in at just over an hour, there is little to slow the pace of the film down here, and whilst the story seems a little too familiar, as mentioned above the ending isn't quite what you'd expect and is certainly worth sticking around for.
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