Last night I watched Diabolique(1955), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot and Paul Meurisse. It is a horror film with a great premise : The wife and mistress of the abusive head of a boarding school plot to murder him. They dump his body in the school pool, later when it's emptied, the body is gone! All sorts of eerie things happen until the shocker of an ending. This is the way horror films should be done, there's no haunting score as it's not needed. Suspense is maintained little by little throughout. The acting by Ms Clouzot(Mrs. Director) as the timid wife and Ms Signoret as the dominant mistress is very good. The last shot is funny. Even a message at the end asking the viewer not to reveal the ending to friends, which I thought was humorous. Watch this one at night with the lights off 
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