Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
A deranged widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
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Curtis Harrington
Colin M. Brewer
June Randall
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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 here - Sir Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries - in a straight (ash) role for a change, and the always engaging Hugh Griffith, but somehow once the film gets going I expected it to turn comedic. There just isn't any menace. Winters' performance is just scatty, never scary. Still, the ensemble delivers a reasonable script well enough and there are just about enough creepy goings on in the house to sustain it before an ending that i found rather sad.
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The directors of Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? are Curtis Harrington, Colin M. Brewer, and June Randall.
The cast of Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? includes Michael Gothard as Albie, Marianne Stone as Miss Wilcox, Shelley Winters as Mrs. Forrest, Lionel Jeffries as Police Insp. Willoughby, Hugh Griffith as Mr. Harrison, The Pigman, Ralph Richardson as Mr. Benton, Mark Lester as Christopher Coombs, Pat Heywood as Dr. Mason, Rosalie Crutchley as Miss Henley, Judy Cornwell as Clarine, Richard Beaumont as Peter Brookshire, Dorian Healy as Reggie Pike (uncredited), and more.
The duration of Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? is 1h 31 mins.
Yes. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? has 2 trailers on Fanbiz, including HD Restoration Trailer. Watch them on this page.
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? was released on 11 Feb 1972.
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? is listed under Horror and Thriller on Fanbiz.
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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 b..."
