
Spellbound
This is love! Complete...reckless...violent!
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Produced by Selznick International Pictures, Vanguard Films
A stylish psychological thriller that weaves mystery, romance, and Freudian analysis into a tense investigation of identity and guilt.
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
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Where to watch
Not available in United States — it streams in other countries.
Questions people ask
Is Spellbound one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 95% of films.
Does Spellbound end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.
Is Spellbound easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Spellbound sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Spellbound scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Spellbound violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
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There is almost nothing else like this.
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