The Man Who Haunted Himself

The Man Who Haunted Himself

Stalked by fear and terror… night and day!

Directed by Basil Dearden

Produced by Excalibur Films

197088 min6.1 / 10

A psychological thriller about identity and madness in which a man's recovery from near-death becomes the beginning of a paranoid unraveling as he confronts a doppelgänger stealing his life.

Executive Harold Pelham suffers a serious accident after which he faces the shadow of death. When, against all odds, he miraculously recovers, he discovers that his life does not belong to him anymore.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Man Who Haunted Himself sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is The Man Who Haunted Himself scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Does The Man Who Haunted Himself end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is The Man Who Haunted Himself easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Man Who Haunted Himself violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

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.

35/ 100

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Love25

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