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.
Acting
Crawford commits so hard she circles back to genius.
Production
Castle's gimmicky marketing meets low-budget psychodrama.
Costume
Those wig changes deserve their own credit.
Director
William Castle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Crawford was 60 playing 40, embodying 'hagsploitation' — Hollywood's panic about aging actresses in the 1960s.
Castle handed out cardboard axes to audiences; Crawford hated the film and refused to promote it.
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