Ira Levin fu un maestro della suspense e dell'orrore, le cui opere erano rinomate per la loro meticolosa costruzione e atmosfera inquietante. Spesso paragonato a un 'orologiaio svizzero', Levin intrecciava abilmente elementi di suspense, terrore psicologico e commento sociale in narrazioni che risuonavano con le ansie contemporanee. La sua capacità di attingere agli aspetti più oscuri della natura umana e della società gli valse il plauso della critica e un pubblico devoto. Le storie di Levin esplorano frequentemente i confini della moralità e la natura insidiosa del male in contesti apparentemente ordinari.
Una ricca studentessa precipita dal tetto di un grattacielo. Tutto lascia credere che si tratti di un suicidio ma la sorella della vittima non crede a questa tesi e insieme al fidanzato cerca di ricostruire la verità sull'accaduto. Quello che ignora però è che al centro della vicenda si nasconde una perfida mente criminale, un assassino cinico e insospettabile capace di fare sfoggio di un fascino irresistibile.
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For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true. It is. For behind the town's idyllic facade lies a terrible secret -- a secret so shattering that no one who encounters it will ever be the same. At once a masterpiece of psychological suspense and a savage commentary on a media-driven society that values the pursuit of youth and beauty at all costs, The Stepford Wives is a novel so frightening in its final implications that the title itself has earned a place in the American lexicon.
This chilling mystery thriller by the author of Rosemary's Baby explores the thin line between fantasy and reality, madness and murder. Students Susan and Larry find themselves as guests enticed to the Brabissant mansion by it's dissolute caretakers the lonely Mackeys. Struck by Susan's strong resemblance to Veronica Brabissant, long- dead daughter of the family for whom they work, the older couple gradually induce her to impersonate Veronica briefly to solace the only living Brabissant, her addled sister who believes Veronica alive. Once dressed in Veronica's clothes, Susan finds herself locked in the role and locked in Veronica's room. Or is she Veronica, in 1935, pretending to be an imaginary Susan?
It is 1974, but for Dr Mengele and his group of Nazis, World War II is not yet over. They have a terrible plan to conquer the world, but how does it involve a group of boys that come from different countries, yet all look exactly the same? Only one man can find out.
Thriller New Revised Edition 2 male, 2 female Interior Set This chilling mystery thriller by the author of Rosemary's Baby explores the thin line between fantasy and reality, madness and murder. Students Susan and Larry find themselves as guests enticed to the Brabissant mansion by it's dissolute caretakers the lonely Mackeys. Struck by Susan's strong resemblance to Veronica Brabissant, long- dead daughter of the family for whom they work, the o
The classic thriller of Dr. Josef Mengele's nightmarish plot to restore the Third Reich.
A hugely popular stage and screen success, this ingeniously constructed play offers a rare and skilful blending of two priceless theatrical ingredients - gasp-inducing thrills and spontaneous laughter. Unknown dramatist Clifford Anderson has sent his new thriller to award-winning Broadway author Sidney for comment - or has he...-2 women, 3 men
The story is set in a seemingly perfect global society. Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one language and all ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into one race called “The Family.” The world is ruled by a central computer called UniComp that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. People are continually drugged by means of regular injections so that they will remain satisfied and cooperative. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, when to reproduce. Even the basic facts of nature are subject to the UniComp’s will—men do not grow facial hair, women do not develop breasts, and it only rains at night.
