Nov. 21, 2025

This Day in Halloween: The classic French "Hitchcockian" thriller "Les Diaboliques" opens across the U.S. in 1955. / Illustration by Sarah Ryan

Les Diaboliques opens across the U.S. in 1955. The classic French thriller starring Simone Signoret is considered very Hitchcockian in composition and story. It’s a hit and inspires several other thrillers and filmmakers, and has been remade at least three times.

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