Tuesday, September 30, 2014

The Devil's Idol (1952)


THE DEVIL'S IDOL (1952)

Germany; B&W; Silent; Short Film

A woman receives a small statue as a wedding gift and immediately has a strange and disturbing dream in which she dances provocatively and strips nude before the, now life-size, idol. The statue comes to life, transforms into the woman’s fiance, and tries to strangle her. When she awakens, she is astonished to find her fiance’s picture frame shattered and the head of the statue broken off.