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Chi giace nella culla della zia Ruth?

Titolo originale: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

19711 h 29 minHorror

Legato in parte: La festività c'è, ma come sottotrama o cornice.Verificato· 7 novembre 2026

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Wikipedia lo elenca tra i contenuti dedicati alla festività, in una lista con criteri di inclusione dichiarati. La voce del film cita la festa 4 volte.

La festività c'è, ma come sottotrama o cornice.

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  • «…ll to her in the same manner as Clarine did during the séance, which he had overheard during the night of the Christmas party. That gets Auntie Roo’s attention and she opens the door of the pantry and walks inside looking for the…»

    Fonte: Wikipedia (en) · campo «testo della voce» · parole chiave: christmas, christmas party

  • «Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972), sezione «Theatrical films › Christmas horror films»: Every year, Rosie Forrest, known as "Auntie Roo", throws a lavish overnight Christmas party for ten of the best-mannered children at the local orphanage. Despite her warm demeanour, Rosie is in fact demented and mentally ill and keeps the mummified remains of her daughter Katharine in a nursery room in the attic.»

    Fonte: Wikipedia (en) · campo «lista»

Descrizione

Chi giace nella culla della zia Ruth? (Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?) è un film del 1971 diretto da Curtis Harrington.

Testo in italiano da Wikipedia (it), licenza CC BY-SA 4.0.
Altra descrizione (Wikipedia (en))

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (released in the United States as Who Slew Auntie Roo?) is a 1971 British horror thriller film directed by Curtis Harrington and starring Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Ralph Richardson, Chloe Franks, Judy Cornwell, Michael Gothard, Hugh Griffith and Lionel Jeffries. Inspired by the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel", the film focuses on a demented American widow (Winters) living in her husband's English manor who becomes obsessed with a young orphan girl who resembles her dead daughter.

The film was co-produced by American International Pictures's British branch and Hemdale Film Corporation, and filmed at Shepperton Studios in London. It is considered part of the psycho-biddy subgenre of the 1960's and early 1970's. Director Harrington and star Winters had previously made the psycho-biddy film What's the Matter with Helen? earlier in 1971.

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? premiered in the United States before being released in Britain on 11 February 1972. It received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics.

Testo in inglese da Wikipedia (en), licenza CC BY-SA 4.0.

Regia e cast

Regia
Curtis Harrington
Interpreti principali
Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries, Hugh Griffith, Michael Gothard

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