As most will point out, it's easy to make direct comparisons to this and Hitchcock's 50's and 60's work, but that only speaks volumes on the quality of this picture. Without a doubt, this is as unsettling and riveting as most any other thriller I can think of. It's a really interesting watch and what I liked so much was how much the main character reminded me of Peter Lorre in M. Great movie all around.

The actors are adequate but not any better than that. The story is original and the film manages to maintain tension most of the time. It's a fine thriller in the Hitchcock vein, although I don't think it lives up to its lofty reputation. It's interesting how it operates on many levels, but not THAT interesting, know what I mean?

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Interesting film.

Rather clever, and yet not particularly good. The person I watched it with called it 'too psychological' and she has a point. Considered as an allegory it's pretty simple-minded, so I give it no extra points for that. It's interesting to look back at the young Karlheinz Bohm from the perspective gained by watching his later, more important work with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Chilling film from my namesake (a few extra points added to the score, just because of that!) If there's something we Michael Powell's of the world know, it's psychotic murder.

A very interesting main character, and you just gotta love those technicolors.

Beautiful, crazy film. Audiences and critics alike so totally crapped their pants when this came out that it bombed hard. If it wasn't for Martin Scorsese this might be a lost film today

Extremely controversial upon release and basically blacklisting the great director Powell, this is a fantastic horror film. It has the power even today to disturb and not many films around this period, or even now, can attest to that. One of the all-time horror greats.

Glowing. Mark is such an interesting character, and Karlheinz Bohm convey his poignant insecurity and stifling agony with great sense of timing and gentle body language. The striking cinematography and radical, intense use of "artificial" light sets forcible moods. A film of deranged beauty.