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The Haunted Strangler (also known as Grip of the Strangler and originally titled The Judas Hole) is a 1958 British horror film directed by Robert Day and starring Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, and Anthony Dawson.
- £80,000
- John Croydon, executive, Richard Gordon
The Haunted Strangler: Directed by Robert Day. With Boris Karloff, Anthony Dawson, Derek Birch, Dorothy Gordon. A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long-dead strangler.
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- Crime, Mystery, Horror
- Robert Day
- 1958-05-11
The Haunted Strangler. Nineteenth-century English author James Rankin (Boris Karloff) believes that the wrong man was hanged twenty years earlier for a series of murders, but his investigations lead him to a horrible and, for him, gruesomely inescapable secret.
- James Rankin
The ghost of the long-dead Haymarket Strangler takes possession of a researcher bent on clearing the killer's name. Director Robert Day Executive Producer Richard Gordon Screenwriter John Croydon ...
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- Robert Day
- Horror
- Boris Karloff
Dec 30, 2021 · A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.Directed by Rober...
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Synopsis. A writer investigating the execution of a serial killer known as "The Haymarket Strangler" 20 years previously begins to suspect that the wrong man might have been hanged. However, when he picks up a scalpel used by the murderer, he finds himself possessed by the killer's spirit and begins committing similar murders. Director. Director.
There's a bit of Oedipus Rex in The Haunted Strangler, though it's not readily apparent at first. Boris Karloff plays 19th-century novelist James Rankin, who becomes obsessed with the long-closed case of the Haymarket Strangler. Twenty years earlier, a man named Styles (Michael Atkinson) was executed for the Strangler's crimes, but was he guilty?
