Directed by Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard is one of the creepiest movies ever made. It’s also a classic movie that has a lot to say about Hollywood, fame and stardom, but what will stick with you long after it’s over is the cold, clammy feeling crawling up your spine as you watch it. The movie stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, a struggling screenwriter who, while trying to get away from the repo men who want to take his car, gets a flat tire and has to hide out in the garage of what he thinks is an abandoned old mansion. He quickly discovers that the house is occupied by fading silent film star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and her butler Max (Erich von Stroheim) who mistake him for a handyman hired to help in the burial of a beloved pet chimpanzee. Rather than run for the hills like he should, Joe hangs around hoping to find a way to make money off the crazy old actress, but his plans are pitiful compared to what she ends up doing to him.
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