The Finishing School (The House That Screamed) (The Boarding School) (La Residencia) (1970)
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This stylishly eerie Spanish production stars elegant Lili Palmer as the severe headmistress of a French boarding school for young women, where the rigid constraints of 19th-century social conditioning have turned the place into a hothouse of barely contained sexual urges (leading to lots of gauzy… More This stylishly eerie Spanish production stars elegant Lili Palmer as the severe headmistress of a French boarding school for young women, where the rigid constraints of 19th-century social conditioning have turned the place into a hothouse of barely contained sexual urges (leading to lots of gauzy shots of the girls slinking about in their nightgowns). Into this heady mix is introduced Palmer's deranged son (John Moulder Brown), whose frustrated desires have forced his latent psychotic urges to the surface, compelling him to stalk the hapless boarders in the hope of acquiring body parts for a horrific human jigsaw puzzle. Quite intense for its time, this film represented a new boldness in style among European thrillers which would reach its peak during the 1970s. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi
- Directed By
- Narciso Ibanez Serrador
- Genres
- Horror, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Cult Movies
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1971 Wide
- Studio
- American International Pictures (AIP)
Critic Reviews
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Splendid study of gothic repression and women on the verge
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Cast
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Lilli Palmer
as Senora Fourneau
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Cristina Galbó
as Teresa
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John Moulder-Brown
as Luis
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Mary Maude
as Irene
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Maribel Martín
as Isabel
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Pauline Challoner
as Catherine
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Teresa Hurtado
as Andrea
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Conchita Paredes
as Susana
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Víctor Israel
as Brechard
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Maria Jose Valero
as Elena
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Ana Maria Pol
as Claudia
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Blanca Sendino
as Cook
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Paloma Pagés
as Margarita
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Cándida Losada
as Senorita Desprez
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Tomas Bianco
as Pedro Baldie
