How Awful About Allan

How Awful About Allan (1970)

  • 26% of users liked it
    (197 ratings)

Director Curtis Harrington (The Killing Kind) teams with screenwriter Henry Farrell (Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte) for this quietly disturbing tale of a man driven to psychosomatic blindness by a horrific family tragedy. Unable to cope with the fact that he has been blamed for the fire that killed… More

PG, 1 hr. 14 min.
Directed By
Curtis Harrington
Genres
Drama, Television, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Sep 22, 1970 Wide
On DVD
Apr 16, 1991

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The made-for-TV movie starred Anthony Perkins, in his only TV movie, with him effectively playing another over-the-top psycho role.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    A predictable suspense story, but it's always cool to see Perkins play a psycho, right?

  • Bruce B


    This Movie Came in the Mill Creek Nightmare Worlds 50 Pack, Anthony Perkins was pretty young in this one. Not much to it. a B flix for sure.

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