Auntie roo shelley winters, he ran all the way just loves children. Since the accidental death of katherine, his only child, shelley winters has become insane. 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. See more ideas about horror posters, horror and horror movie posters. The only extra is a rather hyped trailer, that makes the film seem far trashier than it is. Shes kept the corpse of his daughter in a hidden room and spends a lot of time and money trying to contact her soul with the help of ralph richardson, a fake medium. In this english film, a group of orphans visiting the home of a wealthy, retired singer shelley winters discover that the woman is hiding a. The bluray includes trailers, plus audio commentary with david del valle and nathaniel bell. The title screen is the whoever version, but the blus menu uses an original who slew auntie roo. 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. The eye 2 film complet en streaming vf stream complet gratis. In case something is wrong or missing kindly let us know by. 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. Optional english subtitles, audio commentary with film historian david del valle and film scholar nathaniel bell trailers.
Forrest shelley winters, whos known as auntie roo, has a holiday tradition of inviting orphans to her mansion for a party. A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre hansel and gretel twist. Whoever slew auntie roo is a 1971 british horrorthriller film directed by curtis harrington and starring shelley winters, mark lester, and sir ralph richardson. 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. A retelling of the old tale of hansel and gretel, but set in 1920s england. God love her, shell always be the fat lady treading water in the poseidon adventure. Rounding out the special features are the trailers for whoever slew auntie roo and other genre films that kino has recently released. A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a. In whoever slew auntie roo, you dont want to miss young mark lester as christopher.
Whoever slew auntie roo is a bizarre movie that i wish i liked more than i did. Hush, sweet charlotte, and whats the matter with helen. Shelley winters plays an eccentric widow who loves her children to death. Whoever slew auntie roobluray the grindhouse cinema. Most people dont realize, however, that the same year she gave an even campier performance in whoever slew auntie roo. Whoever slew auntie roo the grindhouse cinema database. After the mysterious disappearance of her daughter. Benton also appears in 1972s tales from the crypthe plays the cryptkeeper in that movie. Whoever slew auntie roo 1972 full movie gina lakinargp. 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. Josefine mutzenbacher 1970 film completo in italiano. Sandy hook lingerie party massacre 2000 film compl. To the children and staff at the orphanage, auntie roo is a kindly american widow.
A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre. The finale was memorable, when we learned whoever slew auntie roo. Ever since the death of daughter katherine, eccentric mrs. A variation of the hansel and gretel tale, but set in england in the 1920s. 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. I thought from the title which is generic for this run of films but just a little extra silly with the childlike rhyme that it was going to be more of a horror comedy. Kino lorber ave confirmed that they will add to their bluray catalog curtis harringtons film who slew auntie roo. Staring ralph richardson, mark lester, debbie reynolds and shelley winters. 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. Lester is better remembered for his role playing charles dickens title character oliver twist in the movie musical oliver. Film complet bless this housebless this house 1972 horreur, thriller. So when katy coombs chloe franks sneaks into the party with her brother, christopher mark lester, the deranged lady abducts the.
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