Deborah Ross

Why does anyone still rate Vertigo and its creepy, wonky plot?

Hitchcock’s thriller is hailed as the greatest film of all time by Sight & Sound, but its plot is full of holes and it’s creepy, and not in a good way

Creepy, but not in a good way: Kim Novak as Madeleine and James Stewart as Scottie in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo [Archive Photos/Getty Images]
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