Les Diaboliques (1955)

This movie is a perfect followup to Psycho -- almost as perfect a double feature as It Takes Two and New York Minute. Les Diaboliques does to bathtubs what Psycho did to showers. That is, it makes you want to take one so you could interact with hot murderers. Don't even tell me you haven't had dreams about Anthony Perkins? Or Ms. Simone Signoret? The deal is these people are babes, so you should watch both these movies.

Anyway, Les Diaboliques is one of my favorite movies. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, it stars two ladies [Clouzot's wife Vera Clouzot and the afore-mentioned Simone] who are plotting to kill a dude who has wronged them. Maybe they kill him, maybe they don't, maybe he haunts them, I don't want to ruin anything. Let me just tell you that this is pretty creepy and pleasantly suspenseful. Also, it's way French and way the inspiration for Hitch's 1960 masterpiece.

5/5 pizzas

Niagara (1953)

Marilyn Monroe + Joseph Cotten + Mondo Waterfalls + Murder Mystery = good movie, right? Not really. It was really just okay. Let me explain: Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten are married. JC has a problem with neuroses and Marilyn Monroe is philandering [surprise surprise]. Marilyn Monroe tries to have her husband killed ala Double Indemnity, and things go awry. Watch Double Indemnity instead, or Superman 2 at that matter, as it takes place at the same locale. I have to admit, however, that the closing scene is very suspenseful -- -two people are stuck in a boat that is about to go over the falls.

You may be wondering why I even watched this movie. Well, I was talking to my grandma and she watches movies. Like, she has a Netflix account and all. Anyway, right after my dad was born, she moved onto a chicken farm with my g-pa and 1-year-old dad. By the way, this chicken farm belonged to an Aunt Bea in my family. Yeah, really. She didn't remember all that much about this chicken farm, but she does remember taking my dad to a drive-in to see Niagara.

2/5 pizzas