“In this one the physically afflicted person is the victim of the terror. Robert Siodmak directed this modern horror classic in 1946; it has all the trappings of the genre - a stormy night and a collection of psychopaths in an old house - but the psychopaths are quite presentable people and this, plus the skillful, swift direction, makes the terror convincing. Dorothy McGuire is excellent as the threatened mute servant.”