The Hitchcock classic is the gold standard for thrillers - there's deception, murder and a hero who’s nosy as hell. de Winter is manipulated into believing her husband regrets their marriage.) Both the book and the 2021 Netflix film adaptation demonstrate the importance of perspective and the devastating effect that unhealthy obsessions can have on people. The 1938 Daphne du Maurier novel might not deal with the same tropes as The Woman in the Window and The Woman in the House, but there is one obvious overlap: manipulation and gaslighting of women. Finn novel - and The Woman in the House follows their lead, just with a tongue-in-cheek point of view.

or does she? The Netflix adaptation stays close to the A. Starting with the obvious, this book-turned-Netflix l feature follows a housebound woman named Anna (Amy Adams) who witnesses a murder in the house across the street.

From Rear Window to The Woman in the Window (there’re a lot of windows on this list), here are five books and movies from which the series draws inspiration. But The Woman in the House takes those thriller clichés and heightens them, turning the show into an absurd pseudo-parody. There are the basic tropes: missing woman, troubled witness with a past, mild-to-severe gaslighting, unanticipated conspiracy.

The title of Kristen Bell's Netflix series The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window is a mouthful for a reason: It's inspired by a very specific genre of thriller that’s gained popularity in recent years.

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