Alfred Hitchcock is known for his thrilling movies full of terror, from the shrieking strings of Psycho to the plane chase in North by Northwest. But not everything he made had to be so high-octane. In fact, in 1940, he created a movie that is so terrifying not because of what happens, but by what remains unsaid.
The result is a psychological thriller that feels just as timeless as it does creepy, utilizing now-dated attitudes around women to create a story of identity and legacy — and explore how sometimes the deadliest villains are the ones who don’t appear at all.
