Wait Until Dark
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed Hendrix back to his place to retrieve it. When Hendrix leaves for business, the crooks make their move -- and find his blind wife, Susy, alone in the apartment. Soon, a life-threatening game begins between Susy and the thugs.
Wait Until Dark is a suspenseful home-invasion thriller where dread and threat to a vulnerable protagonist are central to the experience. Horror mechanisms are meaningful and drive the tension, but the film is not primarily marketed or defined as pure horror; it sits as a thriller with strong horror-adjacent elements.
Best for viewers looking for a scary, high-tension, atmosphere-heavy, psychological and low-gore horror movie.
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