The Sins of Dorian Gray

What it’s about

A young actress lands a leading role and keeps the film from her screen test as a memento. Her career then takes off: more parts, fame, money. But people notice that her looks never change with the years. Watching the old reel, she sees herself become a wrinkled old woman, then a decrepit hag, then a half-dead corpse. The same deal that keeps her face youthful also hardens her soul, turning her cold and spiteful.

What hooks you

Anthony Perkins heads the cast. The film reworks Wilde's novel for the age of cinema and modelling, where the camera records what the mirror cannot. The premise turns a screen test into a chilling record of moral decay.

Who it’s for

It is a good pick for those who like horror that builds slowly through psychological unease rather than gore, and for viewers drawn to moral fables about vanity and the price of fame.