Mrs Rosie Forrest, aka 'Auntie Roo', has a holiday tradition of inviting orphans to her mansion for a party. But Roo isn't completely sane; she lost her husband and is obsessed with her deceased daughter, whose corpse she still keeps in the house. When Katy Coombs sneaks into the party with her brother, Christopher, the deranged biddy abducts the young girl with the hopes of replacing her daughter.
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Shelley Winters
Mrs Rosie Forrest / 'Auntie Roo'
Mark Lester
Christopher Coombs
Chloe Franks
Katy Coombs
Ralph Richardson
Mr Benton
Lionel Jeffries
Police Insp. Willoughby
Hugh Griffith
Mr Harrison, The Pigman
Rosalie Crutchley
Miss Henley
Pat Heywood
Dr Mason
Judy Cornwell
Clarine
Michael Gothard
Albie
Director
Curtis Harrington
Screenplay
Robert Blees
Tagline
"She's Taking a STAB at Motherhood!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$800,000
Production
Hemdale, American International Productions (England)
CinemaSerf
May 28, 2023
Shelley Winters is super in this oddball horror. She ("Mrs. Forrest") invites ten young children into her mansion-cum-orphanage one Christmas - desperate to fill the void left by the death of her young daughter Katherine. Two children who did not get invited - "Katy" (Chloe Franks) and her brother "Christopher" (Mark Lester) decide that they are not going to be left out - but when the girl ends up...
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