Review of Midnight Lace

Midnight Lace (1960)
Frightening In the Best Way
6 March 1999
Don't laugh, this movie scared me. Especially since I was expecting something else, considering that its star is none other than Doris Day. Perhaps the high, eerie voice in this film inspired the creepy one in The Exorcist? (I've never seen that movie, but it's difficult to escape imitations of that sound.) Maybe not. Nonetheless, many of the scenes give me chills, especially the early one in the thick fog, and the elevator bit as well. Not as chilling as most Hitchcocks, but terribly affecting. Don't bother with Scream or I Know What You Did Last Summer, Midnight Lace is far superior.
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