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Shock Corridor

1963

Samuel Fuller

Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best ...

7.2

2,826

Drama. Mystery. Film noir

Drama. Mystery. Film noir

Peter Breck plays journalist Johnny Barrett, who thinks the quickest way to a Pulitzer Prize is to uncover the facts behind a murder at a mental hospital. So, he pretends to go insane and is locked up in the institution. While pursuing his investigation, he is sidetracked by the behavior of his fellow inmates.

	Media	Author	Review
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"This 1963 film is harsh, grotesque, and violent-and, incidentally, brilliant in a very original way."
		Derek Malcolm The Guardian	"I defy anyone to see it for the first time and not be in some way amazed by its energy or even by its passionate crudity."
		Variety Staff Variety	"The dialog is unreal and pretentious, and the direction is heavyhanded, often mistaking sordidness for realism"
		Kim Newman Empire	"Compelling and unrelenting, this is a murder mystery that works as a psychological drama and vice versa. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Time Out	"A gripping ride (...) The camera-work (Stanley Cortez), tracking and constantly adumbrating the descent into darkness, is amazing."
		Bill Weber Slant	"Fuller’s supra-clinical infiltration of fractured sanity may lack the cool cachet of 'One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nes't, but the disturbing, singular vision of Sam Fuller still generates heat."

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