The Exterminating Angel (1962)

Right before an upscale dinner party begins, the household staff -- excepting the head butler -- all leave the premises, much to the irritation of the hostess. The evening goes well enough, but once the group moves from the dining room to a sitting room to chat and enjoy some music, a kind of lethargy sets in. People talk about it being time to leave but never really muster up the momentum to actually do so. Days pass in this way, with the "stuck" group of people growing more irritable and frightened. Eventually a crowd gathers outside the house, as unable to enter the premises as those inside are unable to leave them.

It's one of those high-brow concepts with no explanation; aka not really my thing. If the group trapped inside weren't so unlikable, I might've been able to identify with them, which might have made me care a little bit. But I was actually kind of rooting for the mansion to simply become a tomb because it didn't seem like it'd be that big of a loss.

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