Paranoiac

Jan 7, 1963

1h 20m

★ 6.6

Shocking! Horrifying! Macabre!

Overview

Eleven years ago, the wealthy Ashby family was shattered when Mr and Mrs Ashby died in an airplane crash and their grieving son Tony committed suicide. All who remains is cruel Simon, an alcoholic in desperate need of funds; his mentally fragile sister Eleanor; and his protective aunt Harriet. Simon is just weeks away from receiving his inheritance, but there's a hitch in his plans when the long-believed dead Tony suddenly arrives.

Genres

Thriller

Horror

Production Companies

Hammer Film Productions

The Rank Organisation

Paranoiac Trailers

Cast

Eleanor Ashby

Janette Scott

Simon Ashby

Oliver Reed

Aunt Harriet

Sheila Burrell

John Kossett

Maurice Denham

Tony Ashby

Alexander Davion

Françoise

Liliane Brousse

RAF Type

Harold Lang

Publican

Arnold Diamond

Keith Kossett

John Bonney

Williams

John Stuart

Tramp (uncredited)

Sydney Bromley

Woman #1 (uncredited)

Laurie Leigh

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