History YMMV / ShadowOfADoubt

* IdiotPlot: Creator/RogerEbert considers it to have elements of this, [[http://www.rogerebert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111109/REVIEWS08/111109966/1004 even though to him it's still a masterpiece.]]

* CompleteMonster: Charles [[EvilUncle "Uncle Charlie"]] Oakley is a [[FauxAffablyEvil seemingly affable and caring]] man who in actuality is a cold-blooded SerialKiller known as the "Merry Widow Murderer". Denouncing widows as "[[HeManWomanHater greedy, fat wheezing animals]]" who exploit their husbands' hard-earned wealth, Charles has strangled at least four women to death, [[TheBluebeard stealing their fortunes for himself]]. When his niece discovers evidence of his dark secret, Charles sets about attempting to murder her, sabotaging a staircase to make her fall to her death, locking her in a garage with a running car to asphyxiate her, and ultimately attempting to throw her off a speeding train. A misanthropic maniac who has no remorse for his petty actions, Uncle Charlie stands out as one of the earliest, and most vile, depictions of a sociopath in film.

* FanPreferredCouple: Along with IncestYayShipping the chemistry between Uncle Charlie and Young Charlie is far more palpable and character revealing than her relationship with SatelliteLoveInterest Detective Graham.

* FanPreferredCouple: Along with IncestYayShipping:

* FanPreferredCouple/IncestYayShipping:

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilUncle Uncle Charlie]] is a remorseless SerialKiller who targets rich widows to kill them for their money, viewing them as cows who deserve to be slaughtered for living pointless lives. When his niece, named after him as Charlie learns his secret, Uncle Charlie tries to kill her in increasingly desperate ways, from pushing her down the stairs, to trapping her in the garage with a running car engine and finally yanking her on the train with him, intending to push her to her death when it goes fast enough.

* NightmareFuel: Uncle Charlie's ''incredibly'' creepy rant during dinner, about how rich widows are useless, wheezing cattle who deserve to be slaughtered. What's almost as creepy is how everyone else brushes it off within seconds. It's the WeirdnessCensor being PlayedForDrama, and it works.

* NightmareFuel: Uncle Charlie's ''incredibly'' creepy rant during dinner, about how rich widows are useless, wheezing cattle who deserve to be slaughtered. What's almost as creepy is how everyone else brushes it off within seconds. It's the WeirdnessCensor being PlayedForDrama, and it works.
** Hell, just everything about Uncle Charlie, period.

* NightmareFuel: Uncle Charlie's ''incredibly'' creepy rant during dinner, about how rich widows are useless, wheezing cattle who deserve to be slaughtered. What's almost as creepy is how everyone else brushes it off within seconds. It's the WeirdnessCensor being PlayedForDrama, and it works.

* NightmareFuel: Uncle Charlie's ''incredibly'' creepy rant during dinner, about how rich widows are useless, wheezing cattle who deserve to be slaughtered. What's almost as creepy is how everyone else brushes it off within seconds. It's the WeirdnessCensor PlayedForDrama, and it works.

* IdiotPlot: Creator/RogerEbert considers it to have elements of this, [[http://www.rogerebert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111109/REVIEWS08/111109966/1004 even though to him it's still a masterpiece.]]

* IdiotPlot: RogerEbert considers it to have elements of this, [[http://www.rogerebert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111109/REVIEWS08/111109966/1004 even though to him it's still a masterpiece.]]

* CompleteMonster: Uncle Charlie is a remorseless SerialKiller who targets rich widows to kill them for their money, viewing them as cows who deserve to be slaughtered for living pointless lives. When his niece learns his secret, Uncle Charlie attempts to murder her in increasingly desperate ways, from pushing her down the stairs, to trapping her in the garage with a running car engine and finally yanking her on the train with him, intending to push her to her death when it goes fast enough.

* CompleteMonster: Uncle Charlie is a remorseless SerialKiller who targets rich widows to kill them for their money, viewing them as cows who deserve to be slaughtered for living pointless lives. When his niece, named after him as Charlie learns his secret, Uncle Charlie attempts to murder her in increasingly desperate ways, from pushing her down the stairs, to trapping her in the garage with a running car engine and finally yanking her on the train with him, intending to push her to her death when it goes fast enough.

* IncestSubtext: Guess who.
** Especially during their chat after dinner. She admiringly tells him how wonderful it is to have him back, he tells her how much he appreciates her, and it ends with him giving her a ring...

* IdiotPlot: RogerEbert considers it to have elements of this, [[http://www.rogerebert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111109/REVIEWS08/111109966/1004 even though to him it's still a masterpiece.]]
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Other Hitchcock films are better remembered today--''Film/{{Psycho}}'', ''NorthByNorthwest'', ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', ''RearWindow''--but, as noted above, apparently this was Hitchcock's favorite of his own works.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Other Hitchcock films are better remembered today--''Film/{{Psycho}}'', ''NorthByNorthwest'', ''{{Vertigo}}'', ''RearWindow''--but, as noted above, apparently this was Hitchcock's favorite of his own works.

* CompleteMonster: Uncle Charlie, at one point even trying to kill his own niece.

* IncestSubtext: Guess who.

* * CompleteMonster: Uncle Charlie, at one point even trying to kill his own niece.