"Paranoiac" is a psychological thriller from Hammer Films offering up deception and paranoia with a side of inheritance.
Simon Ashby is a reckless, hard drinking and brash young man living with his aunt, Harriet, and his sister, Eleanor. In a short time Simon will inherit his deceased parents substanial estate. But things are disrupted when Eleanor and Simon's brother, Tony, eight years dead, seems to return. Believed to have committed suicide years ago, Tony's reappearance throws the family, and the disposition of the estate, into uncertainty. Simon is convinced that Tony is an imposter. When even more mysterious events unfold, the plot takes a few twists and turns.
This is a pretty good one, dark and entertaining. The twists and turns are well-crafted, keeping things uncertain until the climactic ending. Paranoia, madness and the blurring of reality and illusion resonate throughout and the performances hold up well. Ok, a little predictable, but so what. While not as iconic as some of Hammer's films, it stands as a solid entry in the catalogue.
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