[2][3] The cast was led by Tuesday Weld, Joan Hackett and Sam Waterston in the primary roles.

Having grown tired of his cruelty, the two women conspire to murder him and stage the act to look like an accident.

But after committing the deed his body disappears, and the women begin to fear that someone might be trying to drive them mad.

The first was House of Secrets, another made-for-TV adaptation that was broadcast in 1993, starring Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Boxleitner, Kate Vernon, and Cicely Tyson.

[4] In 1996 Warner Bros. released a theatrical reworking of the material under the title Diabolique, scripted by Don Roos, directed by Jeremiah Chechik, and starring Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, and Kathy Bates.