A thrilling and suspenseful flick with great performance from veteran actress Shelley Winters playing a madwoman who lures two children into her evil clutches . A demented and disturbing widow who hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to keep buried and along the way she lures unsuspecting children into her mansion resulting in bizarre consequences . As Auntie Roo : Shelley Winters is a kindly American widow who gives them a lavish Christmas party each year in her mansion, as there appears Christopher : Mark Lester and Katy : Chloe Franks , then things go awry .. She's Taking a stab at Motherhood!.Have You Ever Held a Skeleton in Your Arms?.Say goodnight to Auntie Roo, kiddies. It's dead time!.Nightmares come true in the house of Auntie Roo. The hand that rocks the cradle has no flesh on it!
This is a horrific tale with thrills , chills , plot twists and portentous interpretations . Features Shelley Winters as reclusive , odd widow mistaken for the fairy tale's children eating by one of the orphans at he annual Christmas party with dire consequences. Main and support cast are frankly top-notch . As Shelley Winters is terrific as the suspect widow , she is excellently accompanied by an awesome cast such as : Ralph Richardson , Lionel Jeffries , Hugh Griffith, Rosalie Crutchley , Pat Heywood , Judy Cornwell , Michael Gothard , and two kiddies , Mark Lester and Chloe Franks are very good , as well . Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) belongs to a sub-genre developed in the Sixties and Seventies , dealing with deranged widows or unsettling spinsters , middle-age or elderly women who often commit grisly killings , whose main representatives were Robert Aldrich with his big hit "What ever happened to Baby Jane ?" Stars Bette Davis , Joan Crawford, "Hush ...Hush Sweet Charlotte" stars Olivia De Havilland , Bette Davis and Curtis Harrington with "Whoever slew Auntiee Roo ?" Stars Shelley Winters , "What's the matter with Helen ?" Stars Debbie Reynolds , Shelley Winters , "The Killing Kind" with Ann Sothern . ¨What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?¨ with Geraldine Page , Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth , ¨Ruby¨by Curtsi harrington with Piper Laurie , Stuart Whitman and "Games" with Simone Signoret.
It packs an adequate cinematography by Desmond Dickinson , as well as moving and intriguing musical score by Kenneth V. Jones .Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) well produced by James H. Nicholson , Samuel Z. Arkoff was competently directed by Curtis Harrington providing tension and suspense enough . Curtis Harrington was a good craftsman in B-territory . In 1961 he made a strong and impressive feature-film debut with the nicely moody and quirky Night tide (1961) with Dennis Hooper. His follow-up features were a pleasingly diverse , idiosyncratic and often entertaining bunch , and included the delightfully campy Shelley Winters vehicles as Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) , What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) ,the perverse The Killing Kind (1973) and the immensely fun Ruby (1977). Moreover , Harrington directed a handful of solid and satisfying made-for-TV offerings: The cat (1973), Killer bees (1974), The Dead Don't Die (1975) and the terror animal Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) , as well as TV episodes from The Twilight Zone, The Colby , Dynasty , Wonder woman , Hotel , among others . Rating : 6.5/10. Decent and notable horror picture .
This is a horrific tale with thrills , chills , plot twists and portentous interpretations . Features Shelley Winters as reclusive , odd widow mistaken for the fairy tale's children eating by one of the orphans at he annual Christmas party with dire consequences. Main and support cast are frankly top-notch . As Shelley Winters is terrific as the suspect widow , she is excellently accompanied by an awesome cast such as : Ralph Richardson , Lionel Jeffries , Hugh Griffith, Rosalie Crutchley , Pat Heywood , Judy Cornwell , Michael Gothard , and two kiddies , Mark Lester and Chloe Franks are very good , as well . Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) belongs to a sub-genre developed in the Sixties and Seventies , dealing with deranged widows or unsettling spinsters , middle-age or elderly women who often commit grisly killings , whose main representatives were Robert Aldrich with his big hit "What ever happened to Baby Jane ?" Stars Bette Davis , Joan Crawford, "Hush ...Hush Sweet Charlotte" stars Olivia De Havilland , Bette Davis and Curtis Harrington with "Whoever slew Auntiee Roo ?" Stars Shelley Winters , "What's the matter with Helen ?" Stars Debbie Reynolds , Shelley Winters , "The Killing Kind" with Ann Sothern . ¨What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?¨ with Geraldine Page , Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth , ¨Ruby¨by Curtsi harrington with Piper Laurie , Stuart Whitman and "Games" with Simone Signoret.
It packs an adequate cinematography by Desmond Dickinson , as well as moving and intriguing musical score by Kenneth V. Jones .Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) well produced by James H. Nicholson , Samuel Z. Arkoff was competently directed by Curtis Harrington providing tension and suspense enough . Curtis Harrington was a good craftsman in B-territory . In 1961 he made a strong and impressive feature-film debut with the nicely moody and quirky Night tide (1961) with Dennis Hooper. His follow-up features were a pleasingly diverse , idiosyncratic and often entertaining bunch , and included the delightfully campy Shelley Winters vehicles as Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) , What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) ,the perverse The Killing Kind (1973) and the immensely fun Ruby (1977). Moreover , Harrington directed a handful of solid and satisfying made-for-TV offerings: The cat (1973), Killer bees (1974), The Dead Don't Die (1975) and the terror animal Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) , as well as TV episodes from The Twilight Zone, The Colby , Dynasty , Wonder woman , Hotel , among others . Rating : 6.5/10. Decent and notable horror picture .