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HorrorCrimeMysteryThriller

Grip of the Strangler

- KING OF THE MONSTERS! KARLOFF IN HIS NEW HORROR HIT!

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

Release Date : 1958-05-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Amalgamated Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : The Haunted Strangler

Cast

Boris Karloff

Character Name : James Rankin

Original Name : Boris Karloff

Gender : Male

Jean Kent

Character Name : Cora Seth

Original Name : Jean Kent

Gender : Female

Elizabeth Allan

Character Name : Barbara Rankin

Original Name : Elizabeth Allan

Gender : Female

Anthony Dawson

Character Name : Supt. Burk

Original Name : Anthony Dawson

Gender : Male

Vera Day

Character Name : Pearl

Original Name : Vera Day

Gender : Female

Tim Turner

Character Name : Dr. Kenneth McColl

Original Name : Tim Turner

Gender : Male

Diane Aubrey

Character Name : Lily Rankin

Original Name : Diane Aubrey

Gender : Female

Max Brimmell

Character Name : Newgate Prison Turnkey

Original Name : Max Brimmell

Gender : Male

Leslie Perrins

Character Name : Newgate Prison Governor

Original Name : Leslie Perrins

Gender : Male

Jessica Cairns

Character Name : Asylum Maid

Original Name : Jessica Cairns

Gender : Female

Dorothy Gordon

Character Name : Hannah

Original Name : Dorothy Gordon

Gender : Female

Desmond Roberts

Character Name : Dr. Johnson

Original Name : Desmond Roberts

Gender : Male

Roy Russell

Character Name : Medical Superintendent

Original Name : Roy Russell

Gender : Male

Derek Birch

Character Name : Guyse Hospital Superintendent

Original Name : Derek Birch

Gender : Male

Peggy Ann Clifford

Character Name : Kate

Original Name : Peggy Ann Clifford

Gender : Female

John Fabian

Character Name : Young Blood

Original Name : John Fabian

Gender : Male

Joan Elvin

Character Name : Can-Can Girl

Original Name : Joan Elvin

Gender : Male

Audrey Sykes

Character Name : Laughing Lady at Hanging (uncredited)

Original Name : Audrey Sykes

Gender : Male

Marie Devereux

Character Name : Show Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Marie Devereux

Gender : Female

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

The Haymarket Strangler Returns! Boris Karloff plays a man who comes to believe that a serial killer from 20 years previously was innocent of the murders for which he was hanged. The case starts to consume him, literally... Based on the story "Stranglehold" written by Jan Read, pic unfolds as a creepy take of the Jekyll and Hyde kind. It's never overtly scary, but the atmospherics are palpable and the period flavours superb. This never resorts to cheap thrills, and unusually for the era of film making it doesn't rely on effects work for the transformation sequences - it is just Karloff acting! Plenty of horror movie staples are adhered to, such as a hanging, a coffin opening, an awful prison and an asylum, whilst that even though there's a little filler that could have been cut from the running time, Karloff and the intriguing mystery part of the narrative marry up to the atmosphere to round out a good old classic horror yarn. 7/10