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Joan Crawford followed up her role in WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? with this full-bodied horror film from producer-director William Castle and writer Robert Bloch (PSYCHO). Crawford plays Lucy Harbon, who in the film's opening moments hacks her husband and his lover to pieces with an ax. Twenty years later, Lucy is let out of the asylum to live with her daughter, now played by Diane Baker. Unfortunately, the daughter lives on a farm replete with chicken, pigs...and axes--and before long it's not just the chickens that are losing their heads.
Everything is surprisingly effective in this suspenseful film, but Crawford especially is a knockout. She acts whole pages of dialogue with a single pained glance, moving believably from touchingly vulnerable to homicidally enraged with ease. Also noteworthy is George Kennedy as a deranged farmhand and the ripely paranoid score from Van Alexander. Fans of Crawford and PSYCHO will want to do themselves the favor of checking out this inspired, delightfully grim little shocker.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers
Featurette - 1. BATTLE AXE: THE MAKING OF'STRAIT JACKET'
Screen Tests - 1. Wardrobe& Make-up test for Joan Crawford
2. Axe Test
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Customer Reviews
Overall Rating: 4
I got this for my husband. A blast from the past and an old sweet memory. We watched it several times and he said "wow" I forgot a lot. Even though black and white it still was a good movie to watch. Though nothing is shown I think not suitable for children..... it can put ideas into their heads unnecessarily.
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