Arsenico e vecchi merletti

Titolo originale: Arsenic and Old Lace

1944
T
1h 58min

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7,9/10

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Cary Grant, Jean Adair, and Josephine Hull in Arsenico e vecchi merletti (1944)

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Venuto a prendere la fidanzata, Mortimer Brewster scopre che le sue due simpatiche ziette hanno ucciso una dozzina di vecchietti, seppellendone poi i cadaveri in cantina con l'aiuto di un ni... Leggi tuttoVenuto a prendere la fidanzata, Mortimer Brewster scopre che le sue due simpatiche ziette hanno ucciso una dozzina di vecchietti, seppellendone poi i cadaveri in cantina con l'aiuto di un nipote che si crede il presidente Roosevelt.Venuto a prendere la fidanzata, Mortimer Brewster scopre che le sue due simpatiche ziette hanno ucciso una dozzina di vecchietti, seppellendone poi i cadaveri in cantina con l'aiuto di un nipote che si crede il presidente Roosevelt.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

7,9/10

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Quiz
At the time of production, Warner Bros. announced that the Brewster house was the largest set ever built at the studio. The house was complete, room by room, in every detail. Production records confirm that several scenes were shot in various rooms of the Brewster house. (Mortimer's grandfather's study, the aunts' bedroom, and the cellar were filmed, but not included in the final cut of the film).

Blooper
The movie opens with the Brooklyn Dodgers winning a baseball game on Halloween, weeks after the end of baseball season. This is a gag to suggest that the only time the Brooklyn Dodgers could win is on Halloween, similar to saying when pigs fly.

Citazioni
Mortimer Brewster: Look I probably should have told you this before but you see... well... insanity runs in my family...
[he hears Abby and Martha singing]
Mortimer Brewster: It practically gallops.

Curiosità sui crediti
This is a Hallowe'en tale of Brooklyn, where anything can happen -- and it usually does. At 3 P.M. on this particular day, this was happening. [Scene of Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees baseball game, irate fans and brouhaha between teams on the field, then...] While at the same time across the river in the UNITED STATES PROPER there was romance in the air. [Scene of cruise ship on the river with NY City skyline in the background, then...] And now, back to one of Brooklyn's most charming residential districts -- [Scene of old gabled Brewster house next to a cemetery, then...] -- From here on you're on your own.

Versioni alternative
Also available in a computer colorized version.

Connessioni
Featured in The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970)

Colonne sonore
There Is a Happy Land
(uncredited)
Music by Leonard P. Breedlove
Arranged by Max Steiner
[quoted in score]

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8/10

Suspense from start to finish

Comedy and suspense. At first I thought the film was a romantic comedy but when we moved on to the second part we began to perceive the macabre tone of the plot. The horror of the film starts from the dialogues of the Brewster sisters that are soft and macabre and until a certain moment I wonder if all that is a joke to scare Mortimer and him marry his beloved Elanie because there is a dialogue between them that says "This is part of the plan we have for Mortimer". The film through Jonanthan references the already classic Frankenstein at the time. A really creepy thriller film, I believe that if the film hadn't appealed so much to comedy, it would have gotten better and more macabre.

The film shows that even without jumpscares or special features it is possible to tell a horror story without even showing dead people, blood everywhere, witches, murderers, spirits, ghosts, demons, just telling a story of sick human beings.