Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)

PG02/11/1972Horror, Thriller1h 31m
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She's Taking a STAB at Motherhood!

Overview

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Shelley Winters

    Mrs. Forrest

  2. Cast 1

    Mark Lester

    Christopher Coombs

  3. Cast 1

    Chloe Franks

    Katy Coombs

  4. Cast 1

    Ralph Richardson

    Mr. Benton

  5. Cast 1

    Lionel Jeffries

    Police Insp. Willoughby

  6. Cast 1

    Hugh Griffith

    Mr. Harrison, The Pigman

  7. Cast 1

    Rosalie Crutchley

    Miss Henley

  8. Cast 1

    Pat Heywood

    Dr. Mason

  9. Cast 1

    Judy Cornwell

    Clarine

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 locked in the attic, it falls to her brother to manage to convince everyone that his sister has been kidnapped, and that the old lady is not of particularly sound mind! A solid cast support the star ...