Overacting, harsh makeup, no redeeming qualities....she's gross. This isn't even a revenge story, it's a greed story since she willingly gave up Allison. The r a p e accusation after her seduction tactics didn't work is what took away any interest I had in her plight and this movie. Anyone who would fake that is awful. She didn't even stay at the hotel.
I watch a lot of old classics, so I have an appreciation for elements of the Hays code. Sure she met her end in the final scenes, but I hate when these movies do not clear the names of innocent people. The blackmail of the hotel manager, the framing of the lawyer.... I like vindication in films particularly with such a vile villain. Did her death technically take care of all of her crimes, well yes, but the fake assaults leave a bad taste in my mouth and I think villains should have direct punishment for that. I feel her death settled all the murders she was responsible for, but ruining the good names of others was not resolved.
This was an unpleasant movie to sit through. One would think she'd be more calculating instead of so murderous as to not raise flags. One thing that would have helped me be sympathetic if even as a greedy witch, if she developed any motherly feelings for the little girl, but nope. Greedy to the end.
I watch a lot of old classics, so I have an appreciation for elements of the Hays code. Sure she met her end in the final scenes, but I hate when these movies do not clear the names of innocent people. The blackmail of the hotel manager, the framing of the lawyer.... I like vindication in films particularly with such a vile villain. Did her death technically take care of all of her crimes, well yes, but the fake assaults leave a bad taste in my mouth and I think villains should have direct punishment for that. I feel her death settled all the murders she was responsible for, but ruining the good names of others was not resolved.
This was an unpleasant movie to sit through. One would think she'd be more calculating instead of so murderous as to not raise flags. One thing that would have helped me be sympathetic if even as a greedy witch, if she developed any motherly feelings for the little girl, but nope. Greedy to the end.