What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
BDRip 1080p | MP4 | 1920x1036 | HEVC @ 3860 Kbps | 100 min | 3,78 Gb
Audio: English DTS 2.0 @ 1509 Kbps | Subtitles: None
Genre: Horror, Thriller
BDRip 1080p | MP4 | 1920x1036 | HEVC @ 3860 Kbps | 100 min | 3,78 Gb
Audio: English DTS 2.0 @ 1509 Kbps | Subtitles: None
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director: Curtis Harrington
Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Micheál MacLiammóir, Agnes Moorehead, Helene Winston
The Midwestern mothers of two Leopold and Loeb–like murderers move to Hollywood, California in the 1930s and open a dancing school for would-be Shirley Temples seeking to break into the movies. Adelle falls in love with a Texas millionaire, but Helen turns to an evangelist and gradually goes off the deep end. Soon corpses of all kinds start piling up…
This film looks fantastic. Curtis Harrington was a very good, underrated director and he did a great job here. The settings and costumes are incredible and perfectly fit the 1930s. However the story doesn't flow smoothly. It runs in fits and starts and comes to a screeching halt for THREE musical numbers with the kids and Reynolds! Also a certain murder at the end was drastically cut to avoid an R rating (the director was not happy about it). But the acting saves it. Reynolds is superb in a very dramatic and hard role. I never thought she could act till I saw this. Winters chews the scenery (as usual) but in a fun way. Also, despite the GP (now PG) rating this is pretty bloody and the shock ending is totally ruined by being on the poster AND the theatrical trailer! Still it's worth catching.
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What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
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