Skip to content
HOLLYWOOD METRICS
HomeAboutCraftNewsAnalyticsScriptsBooksPricingAPIMCP
Catalog/Horror/Homicidal
Homicidal poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 74.0 / 100
1961·Horror / Mystery / Thriller·1h 28m

HOMICIDAL

“A WORD OF WARNING! Please don't reveal the ending of this picture or your friends will kill you - IF THEY DON'T, I WILL!”

A woman named Emily checks into a hotel and offers the bellboy $2000 to temporarily marry her. We soon find out Emily is the caretaker of a wheelchair-bound mute named Helga, who was the childhood guardian of a pair of siblings: Miriam Webster and her half-brother, Warren, who is about to inherit the estate of their late father. Who is the mysterious Emily and what are her intentions?

Above the Line
William Castle·DirectorRobb White·WriterBurnett Guffey·Director of PhotographyHugo Friedhofer·Original Music ComposerEdwin H. Bryant·Editor
Cast
Glenn Corbett·Karl AndersonPatricia Breslin·Miriam WebsterEugenie Leontovich·Helga SwensonAlan Bunce·Dr. JonasRichard Rust·Jim NesbittJames Westerfield·Alfred S. AdrimsGilbert Green·Lt. MillerJoan Marshall·EmilyHope Summers·Martha Adrims (Uncredited)Harry 'Snub' Pollard·Eddie, Bellhop (Uncredited)
Full Crew
(16 credits)
Directing· 2
William Castle·DirectorAl Shenberg·Assistant Director
Writing· 1
Robb White·Writer
Camera· 2
Burnett Guffey·Director of PhotographyArnold L. Rich·Assistant Camera
Editing· 1
Edwin H. Bryant·Editor
Sound & Music· 4
Hugo Friedhofer·Original Music ComposerLambert E. Day·SoundCharles J. Rice·Sound SupervisorHugo Friedhofer·Conductor
Art & Design· 4
Cary Odell·Art DirectionDarrell Silvera·Set DecorationWayne Fitzgerald·Title DesignerBen Lane·Makeup Supervisor
Production· 2
William Castle·ProducerDona Holloway·Associate Producer
By the Numbers
74.0
OF 100
Master Score
6.8
OF 10
IMDb
73%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
—
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
Where to Watch

THE AVAILABILITY MAP

The canonical record of where this film lives across the streaming map.

Provider Index In Progress

Streaming, rental, and purchase availability for this title is being ingested from the TMDB watch-providers feed and will appear here once the next catalog refresh runs. Until then, the canonical source links below remain the fastest route.

Find on TMDB
Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind Homicidal's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
#D8B299
#516A7E
#FFFFFF
Mood
Suspenseful, Dangerous
Composition
Centered
Era
1960s
Visual Style
Illustrated

“The movie poster features a woman lying on a bed with a large knife seemingly piercing through her body. The woman is wearing a light pink dress and has dark ha”

horrorthriller
Key Elements
KnifeBedWoman
Atmosphere
Dark
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Indoor
Design Score
7/10
More Like This

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Neighboring films in the catalog's similarity graph.

Keep Going

THREE WAYS DEEPER

Auteur
AUT
MORE BY WILLIAM CASTLE

Every catalog entry where William Castle is credited as director.

Open
Family
GEN
MORE HORROR

Top-ranked films inside horror, sorted by master score.

Open
Era
DEC
MORE FROM THE 1960S

The best films of the 1960s, ranked across every available metric.

Open
View on IMDbView on TMDBCatalog
HOLLYWOOD METRICS

The definitive mathematical oracle for cinematic success and creative script intelligence.

74,000+ Films100 Years1.1M+ Reviews
PRODUCT
  • Dashboard
  • Pricing
  • Script Analysis
  • Watch the Demo
  • The Red List
  • News
  • Analytics
  • API
  • MCP Connector
COMPANY
  • About
  • Track Record
  • Trust & Script Privacy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
CONNECT
  • ▶YouTube
  • ◉Instagram
  • ♪TikTok
  • @Threads
  • fFacebook
Get Started Free →
© 2026 Hollywood Metrics. All rights reserved.Powered by bespoke agents and autonomous agentic workflows