The 5th annual october horror movie challenge oct 1 31 pt 2 originally posted by sanityremoved any eligibility thoughts on bergmans the virgin spring. At the end of the movie, when the children finally manage to defeat winters, the police come to clean up, and one bobby says poor kids, theyll probably be traumatized for life, we see the two kids exchange a knowing look that they managed to push the witch into the oven. Lester is better remembered for his role playing charles dickens title character oliver twist in the movie musical oliver. Whoever slew auntie roo not to be confused with the wonderfully demented cat in the hat spoof who slew simon thaddeus mulberry pew. Beyond some brief moments of hysterical camp fervor courtesy of a frumpy lead performance from shelley winters, in prime matronly hyper. 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. Both transfers have been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The question is raised to imply a mystery in her murder when thats far from the case. Whats the matter with helenwhoever slew auntie roo dvd. Christmas entertainment fans know her from 1972s the poseidon. Auntie roo winters is a rich but lonely older woman who spends most of her nights conducting seances with a fraud charlatan ralph richardson trying to connect to her now. Whoever slew auntie roo is a bizarre movie that i wish i liked more than i did.
The bluray includes trailers, plus audio commentary with david del valle and nathaniel bell. The fanatic trailer 2019 fred durst, john travolta horror movie duration. Second time around 1991 she plays the mother of the murderer, and it is. Movie macabre was hosted by elvira from 1981 to 1986, and many of these films were released on vhs and now dvd. In whoever slew auntie roo, you dont want to miss young mark lester as christopher. The title screen is the whoever version, but the blus menu uses an original who slew auntie roo. A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre.
Forrest likes the children to call her auntie roo for some reason, though shes not slain or slewed till the very end. A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her. He is considered one of the forerunners of new queer cinema. No doubt that shelley winters assumed the title role in whoever slew auntie roo for a chance to really chew the scenery. Gene curtis harrington september 17, 1926 may 6, 2007 was an american film and television director whose work included experimental films, horror films, and episodic television. Genres horror, suspense director curtis harrington starring shelley winters, mark lester, chloe franks. The series was revived in 2010 showing public domain films. Watch elviras movie macabre season 1, episode 46 whoever slew auntie roo modern version of hansel and gretel. The other movie in the midnite movie two pack with whatever happened to helen. A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre hansel and gretel twist. In 10 rillington place 1971, pat heywood played the wife of a murderer, john christie, and it is hinted she knew of his activities and kept them secret.
Mgms double feature disc series continues with a twin pack of curtis harringtondirected horror films starring shelley winters at the beginning of the end of a respectable career in film. Free download from source, api support, millions of users. Whoever slew auntie roo is a 1971 british horrorthriller film directed by curtis harrington and starring shelley winters, mark lester, and sir. The finale was memorable, when we learned whoever slew auntie roo. The film was director curtis harringtonstar shelley winters immediate followup to whats the matter with helen. Thats whats great about films like whoever slew auntie roo, you can overact to the max and no one will criticize you. Nearly prefiguring kubricks the shining it is the tale of the last days of auntie roo, shelly winters, in what the children of the local orphanage call the gingerbread house. Left widowed in an isolated mansion to live all by herself, she is taken advantage of, and her damaged mind from the trauma of her loss is cruelly and sadistically abused by her staff who pretend to be her dead. Aunt roo played marvellously by the wonderful shelley winters is clearly traumatised by the tragic death of her only child. Audiences originally saw this one under the shortened title of who slew auntie roo. Shelley winters plays an eccentric widow who loves her children to death. Hush, sweet charlotte, it is one of the many films in the grande dame guignol aka hag horror or psycho biddy genre, and is loosely based on. The studio known for putting old studio stars in sometimes sexy, always ridiculous splatterfests enters continue reading whoever slew auntie roo. With shelley winters, mark lester, chloe franks, ralph richardson.
Curtis harrington and shelly winters follow up whats the matter with helen. To the children and staff at the orphanage, auntie roo is a kindly. The only extra is a rather hyped trailer, that makes the film seem far trashier than it is. The movie makes use of some occasionally drab color schemes but those colors are reproduced quite nicely and the outdoor scenes. In reality, shes a severely disturbed woman, who keeps the mummified remains of her little daughter in a nursery in the attic. To the children and staff at the orphanage, auntie roo is a kindly american widow who gives them a lavish christmas party. Movie and tv subtitles in multiple languages, thousands of translated subtitles uploaded daily. Whoever slew auntie roo is a 1971 british horrorthriller film directed by curtis harrington and starring shelley winters, mark lester, and sir ralph.
Regular titles as well as some ending credits and titles from trailers. The horror hag trend of giving older hollywood actresses juicy roles in horror movies had been going strong for a decade when shelley winters starred in her third contribution to the cycle, whoever slew auntie roo. Shelley winters is one of the more obvious choices for this style as her career in the 1970s saw her become a caricature of all past performances. The film is loosely based on the fairy tale, hansel and gretel, and can best be summed up as a psychological horror flick. Burned to death after mark lester starts a fire in the kitchen while she is trapped in the pantry.
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. Doctor who 1972 season 9 episode 1 day of the daleks part 1. Who slew auntie roo bluray disc, 2016 for sale online. It contains some of the essential ingredients of a good horror film, including the big scary mansion, a seance, a rotting corpse, together with a host of oddball characters. The aristocrats bbc 1999 episode one of six full complete series duration. The first part is as delightful as the cakes,the sweets,the lollipops and the gingerbread men which the good lady serves to the orphans she welcomes for her christmas party in her gothic desirable mansion. This mysterious woman,with a racy past,was married to a magician remarkable scene when the two children venture into the old house full of magic props where once more,we are.
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