The Haunted Strangler (1958)

movie

(2040)

Country: UK
Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Release: 1958-05-11
Director: Robert Day
Writers: Jan Read , John Croydon
Language: English
Stars: Boris Karloff , Anthony Dawson , Derek Birch , Dorothy Gordon , Elizabeth Allan , Diane Aubrey , Tim Turner , Jean Kent , Vera Day , Max Brimmell
Runtime: 78 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: La sépulture maudite (France, French Republic) , El estrangulador fantasma (Mexico) , The Haunted Strangler (Australia) , Ukleti davitelj (Croatia) , El estrangulador fantasma (Spain) , Lo strangolatore folle (Italy) , Grip of the Strangler (United Kingdom) , El estrangulador fantasma (Argentina) , Хватка душителя , The Haunted Strangler (Canada) , O Fantasma Estrangulador (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Strangle Hold (United Kingdom) , Grip of the Strangler , The Haunted Strangler (United States of America) , Het beest in mensengedaante (Netherlands the) , O Estrangulador Assombrado (Brazil)
Plot: A writer investigating the execution of a serial killer known as "The Haymarket Strangler" 20 years previously begins to suspect that the wrong man might have been hanged. However, when he picks up a scalpel used by the murderer, he finds himself possessed by the killer's spirit and begins committing similar murders.
IMDB:tt0051706