Homicidal

Homicidal (1961) is a horror-thriller from director William Castle you can watch online on iFILM. Castle built his career on in-theater stunts, and this picture came with its own trick: a ninety-second pause before the finale, billed as the Fright Break, so anyone too scared to see the ending could walk out and collect a refund.

The story opens with a blonde woman named Emily briefly marrying a hotel bellboy for two thousand dollars, then killing a justice of the peace with a scalpel the same night. She's the caretaker of a wheelchair-bound mute named Helga, who once raised a pair of siblings standing to inherit a large estate. The film's logic builds toward a revelation Castle made audiences swear not to spoil — and Columbia kept the lead actress's real name off the credits for years to help protect it. Stream Homicidal (1961) on iFILM.