The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
136 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert BlochScreenplay
- William CastleDirector
- Van AlexanderOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joan CrawfordLucy Harbin
- Diane BakerCarol Harbin
- Leif EricksonBill Cutler
- Howard St. JohnRaymond Fields
- John Anthony HayesMichael Fields
- Rochelle HudsonEmily Cutler
- George KennedyLeo Krause
- Edith AtwaterMrs. Fields
- Mitchell CoxDr. Anderson
- Lee MajorsFrank Harbin (uncredited)
- Patricia CrestStella Fulton (uncredited)
- Vicki CosCarol Harbin - Age 3 (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
parent child relationshipasylumaxe murdermother daughter reunionproto-slashermother daughter relationshiphagsploitationaxpsycho-biddy
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