Forty years ago, Charlotte Hollis'd been witness to the dismemberment murder of her fiance and the suicide of the murderer, her own father. Now, plagued by the horrifying family secret, she descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
14 December 1898, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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15 May 1905, Petersburg, Virginia, USA
23 September 1935, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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January 16, 1922 in Berlin, Germany
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16 January 1922, Berlin, Germany
24 March 1906, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
9 November 1952, Queens, New York, USA
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1952, Belgium
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June 08, 2007
Bette Davis in her late, creepy mode...and still effective.
May 09, 2005
So calculated and coldly carpentered is the tale of murder, mayhem and deceit that Mr. Aldrich stages in this mansion that it soon appears grossly contrived, purposely sadistic and brutally sickening.
January 01, 2000
It was camp before the term was coined, but it's somewhat better than that, too.
October 17, 2016
Aldrich piles on a series of scream-in-the-night shocks, the better to batten a script strikingly short of sneakier surprises.
October 17, 2016
[A] heady brew for fans of Hollywood's golden age gone bananas.
September 19, 2005
Director Aldrich's work on Baby Jane was already a study in hysteria, and his style for Charlotte is, if anything, even more ornate.
August 01, 2005
If it's Grand Guignol you're after, here's where you'll find it.
October 29, 2005
Davis has some authentic, poignant moments, before all hell breaks loose.
October 10, 2006
Davis' near-crazed performance being over-the-top but satisfying in a campy way.
May 22, 2005
This film is bonkers ... heady Southern Gothic decadence, histrionics from just about everyone involved, and severed body parts that pop up at the most inopportune times.
June 24, 2006
Over the top, of course, and not a lot to it, but it's efficiently directed, beautifully shot (Joseph Biroc), and contains enough scary sequences amid the brooding, tense atmosphere.
August 03, 2012
This well executed and well acted Gothic horror is Aldrich's follow-up to What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? which also starred Bette Davis.
