Ethel Griffies’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Ethel Griffies has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1960s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Birds.
Recurring themes

The Oblong Box
1969
Horror

The City of the Dead
1960
Mystery · Horror

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
Science Fiction · Thriller

The Premature Burial
1962
Horror · Drama

Willard
2003
Horror · Drama

The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963
Horror · Thriller

Insidious: The Red Door
2023
Horror · Thriller

Insidious: The Last Key
2018
Horror · Thriller

Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy

A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.
Dir. John Schlesinger · With Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles
A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
Dir. Stuart Walker · With Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
Dir. Boris Ingster · With Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet