Editing Les Diaboliques (film) (section)

==Legacy and remakes==
The film gained additional press when, only five years after its release, Véra Clouzot died of a heart attack, aged 46, somewhat mirroring her character in the film, who also had heart problems.

''Les Diaboliques'' is now considered a classic of the [[horror film|horror genre]] and film in general. [[Kim Newman]] wrote in ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'': "The horrific mystery has lost only a fraction of its power over the years, though literally dozens of films (see: ''[[Deathtrap (film)|Deathtrap]]'', ''[[Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte|Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte]]'', ''[[Games (film)|Games]]'' etc.) have borrowed part or all of its tricky storyline. This was one of the first movies to depend on a twist ending which forces you to reassess everything you thought you had been told earlier in the film."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/les-diaboliques-review/|title=Les Diaboliques|last=Newman|first=Kim|date=2011-01-01|magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> The [[British Film Institute]] included it in their list of the "100 Best Thrillers of All Time", calling it "a compelling, grisly thriller... capped by an unforgettable twist ending."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/100-essential-thrillers|title=100 thrillers to see before you die|date=16 October 2017 |publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' listed is as No 19 among the 25 best horror films of all time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/22/les-diaboliques-clouzot|title=Les Diaboliques: No 19 best horror film of all time|last=O'Neill|first=Phelim|date=2010-10-22|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=2019-11-19}}</ref>

The scene in which Christina's husband emerges from the bathtub ranked number 49 on [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo]]'s ''100 Scariest Movie Moments''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thefilmspectrum.com/?page_id=7124|title=BRAVO's 100 Scariest Movie Moments|website=The Film Spectrum|access-date=2019-11-19}}</ref>

In 1964, TV writer/producer/director [[Joseph Stefano]] was inspired by this film to create a pilot for a thriller anthology series for the [[American Broadcasting Company]] (ABC). Titled ''The Unknown'', the pilot failed to take off. Stefano then rewrote and reshot it—adding fantasy elements in the process—as an episode of ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' called "The Forms of Things Unknown". Both versions starred Vera Miles as Kassia Paine, Barbara Rush as Leonora Raymond, and Scott Marlowe as their sadistic blackmailer-returned-from-the-dead, Andre Pavan.

The 1967 film ''[[Games (film)|Games]]'', written by [[Gene R. Kearney]] and directed by [[Curtis Harrington]], and starring [[James Caan]] and [[Katharine Ross]], has a different basic situation, but similar twists at the end, and again features [[Simone Signoret]] as the corrupt woman of mystery.

British filmmaker [[Jimmy Sangster]] cited it as a major influence on his writing and directing, stating: "most of my 'psycho' type movies ... were derivative of each other and they all went back to my original inspiration: ''Les Diaboliques''. I'm not the only one to follow that path. I guess I just did it more than most."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Hammer Films' Psychological Thrillers, 1950–1972|last=Huckvale|first=David|year=2014|isbn=978-1-4766-0421-3|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|page=11|oclc=870994470}}</ref>

An American version of ''Les Diaboliques'', titled ''[[Reflections of Murder]]'', was made by ABC in 1974, starring [[Tuesday Weld]], [[Joan Hackett]], and [[Sam Waterston]]. In 1993, another made-for-television film remake was made; this one was titled ''House of Secrets'', and it starred [[Melissa Gilbert]]. In 1996, the film was remade again as ''[[Diabolique (1996 film)|Diabolique]]'', adapted by [[Don Roos]], directed by [[Jeremiah S. Chechik]], and starring [[Sharon Stone]] and [[Isabelle Adjani]] in the leading female roles, with [[Chazz Palminteri]] as the husband and [[Kathy Bates]] as the detective.