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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 259

Tormented

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Synopsis

A jazz pianist preparing to marry receives an unwelcome visit from a former lover. She threatens to destroy his new relationship and refuses to disappear from his life. The confrontation opens a path from romantic concealment toward fear and supernatural disturbance.

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Historical context

Bert I. Gordon's horror film places its extraordinary threat within a small island community. The contrast between a planned wedding and an unresolved previous relationship gives the haunting an intimate rather than cosmic scale.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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