A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre hansel and gretel twist. A retelling of the old tale of hansel and gretel, but set in 1920s england. The only extra is a rather hyped trailer, that makes the film seem far trashier than it is. In whats the matter helen, shelley winters and debbie reynolds play the mothers.
Dec 20, 2016 rounding out the special features are the trailers for whoever slew auntie roo and other genre films that kino has recently released. Jon whiteley, e5nx5a from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. No score yet, alices adventures in wonderland, the catepillar, 1972. Whoever slew auntie roo not to be confused with the wonderfully demented cat in the hat spoof who slew simon thaddeus mulberry pew. To the children and staff at the orphanage, auntie roo is. Yes, the acting was bad, yes there are many plot holes, yes i didnt like any of the characters, but it was still fun to watch.
Hush, sweet charlotte, and whats the matter with helen. Movie poster for the psychobiddy film whoever slew auntie roo. The only thing that might have saved whoever slew auntie roo. Shelley winters mark lester chloe franks 1972 a british magicians widow shelley winters scares an orphan brother mark lester and sister chloe franks. Nothing to my name 1,614 words exact match in snippet view article find links to article nothing to my name also known as i have nothing is a 1986 mandarinlanguage rock song by cui jian. I decided that i am not going to treat this book as all others. Forrest shelley winters, whos known as auntie roo, has a holiday tradition of inviting orphans to her mansion for a party. In reality, shes a severely disturbed woman, who keeps the mummified remains of her little daughter in a nursery in the attic. Lizabeth scott, steve cochran, herbert marshall, nicole maurey. Banshee rolls down the glen burn hill climb june 26th 2009 shamokin pa duration.
Nothing to my name 1,622 words exact match in snippet view article find links to article nothing to my name also known as i have nothing is a 1986 mandarinlanguage rock song by cui jian. To the children and staff at the orphanage, auntie roo is a kindly american widow who gives them a lavish christmas party each year in her mansion, forrest grange. The son of an estate agent, sangster was born in kimmel bay, north wales and was. Paranoiac is a 1963 british thriller film from hammer films. Katys resemblance to roos dead daughter, katharine, inspires the unstable roo to keep the girl locked in the nursery and largely ignore christopher, who becomes convinced that roo is a modernday witch straight out of hansel and gretel. The young katy is played by chloe franks, the same actress who plays young carol in the christmas segment of 1972s tales from the crypt. James henry kinmel sangster 2 december 1927 19 august 2011 was a british screenwriter and director, most famous for his work on the initial horror films made by the british company hammer films, including the curse of frankenstein 1957 and dracula 1958. Spend the holidays with auntie roo if you feel a need for a change of pace as a christmas story is shown on tv for the 10,000 time. Whoever slew auntie roo 1972 720p bluray flac x264. The title screen is the whoever version, but the blus menu uses an original who slew auntie roo. Whoever slew auntie roo is a bizarre movie that i wish i liked more than i did. Abraham hicks learn how to react the right way in any unwanted situation 2016 duration.
Another thing that might have helped the movie would have been to reveal just how insane auntie roo is later in the movie. Meanwhile the womans sanity keeps sliding downhill, with the children forced into increasingly perilous. The screenplay was written by jimmy sangster, based loosely on the 1949 crime novel brat farrar by josephine tey. Jun 07, 2010 banshee rolls down the glen burn hill climb june 26th 2009 shamokin pa duration. Since the accidental death of katherine, his only child, shelley winters has become insane. Directed by freddie francis, it stars janette scott, oliver reed, sheila burrell, and alexander davion. Another thing that might have helped the movie would have been. Death line aka raw meat 1972 bluray remux 1080p avc dtshd ma 2. In reality, she is a severely disturbed woman, who keeps the mummified remains of her little daughter in a nursery in the attic. Shelley winters, mark lester, ralph richardson, lionel jeffries, hugh griffith, curtis harrington. In whoever slew auntie roo, you dont want to miss young mark lester as christopher. Whoever slew auntie roo is a 1971 british horrorthriller film directed by curtis harrington and starring shelley winters, mark lester, and sir ralph richardson.
Rounding out the special features are the trailers for whoever slew auntie roo and other genre films that kino has recently released. Katys resemblance to roo s dead daughter, katharine, inspires the unstable roo to keep the girl locked in the nursery and largely ignore christopher, who becomes convinced that roo is a modernday witch straight out of hansel and gretel. November 24th, 2007 by aunt john 3 comments following the success of bette davis and joan crawford in whatver happened to baby jane. All structured data from the main, property, lexeme, and entityschema namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Winchester 73 is a 1950, american western film, directed by anthony mann starring james stewart and shelley winters. Original 1972 horror movie poster shelley winters say. Whoever slew auntie roo is a deliciously warped fairytalelike story with quite a few familiar faces from uk films and tv and a twisted happy ending john waters would be proud of. In whats the matter helen, shelley winters and debbie reynolds play the mothers of a pair of convicted murderers in the 1930s. Richards, the film is about the journey of a prized rifle from one illfated owner to another and a cowboys search for a murderous fugitive. The film was director curtis harringtonstar shelley winters immediate followup to whats the matter with helen. It is a fantastic history of movements in the church in relation to the interpretation of the bible. Jun 07, 2010 abraham hicks learn how to react the right way in any unwanted situation 2016 duration. In his pioneering study of grande dame guignol also referred to as hag horror or psychobiddy, a femalecentric 1960s subgenre of horror film, peter shelley explains that the grande dame, a stock character in this form of cinematic expression, may pine for a lost youth and glory, or she may be trapped by idealized memories of childhood, with a trauma that haunts her past 8.
This is a retelling of the old tale of hansel and gretel, but set in england in the 1920s. Aug 31, 2016 the title screen is the whoever version, but the blus menu uses an original who slew auntie roo. Whoever slew auntie roo 1972 full movie gina lakinargp. Shelley winters plays an eccentric widow who loves her children to death.
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