This movie takes place in 1961 in NJ. Karen (Brooke Shields in her first film) is about to receive her first communion. However she is brutally killed before that and the prime suspect is her 12 year old sister Alice (Paula Sheppard) who hated her. Then more murders start to happen and all of the clues point to Alice...
Hard to see and interesting cult movie. It was made on a very low budget and it shows. The sets are cheap and some of the actors aren't that good--Jane Lowry as Aunt Annie was just one of the worst actresses I've ever seen. But there is some good acting (Linda Miller, Niles McMaster and Sheppard were all good), it has some very bizarre characters (Mr. Alphonse is hard to forget), creepy murders (the mask the killer wears scared me) and is VERY anti-Catholic. That may or may not be a selling point to you. The script is good too and it all leads to a truly disturbing ending. And it was fun to see Lillian Roth as a pathologist! Beware some of the prints out there--some are cut. I saw the uncut one but it had seriously drained color and muffled sound. Still it's worth seeking out if you're a horror fan.
Hard to see and interesting cult movie. It was made on a very low budget and it shows. The sets are cheap and some of the actors aren't that good--Jane Lowry as Aunt Annie was just one of the worst actresses I've ever seen. But there is some good acting (Linda Miller, Niles McMaster and Sheppard were all good), it has some very bizarre characters (Mr. Alphonse is hard to forget), creepy murders (the mask the killer wears scared me) and is VERY anti-Catholic. That may or may not be a selling point to you. The script is good too and it all leads to a truly disturbing ending. And it was fun to see Lillian Roth as a pathologist! Beware some of the prints out there--some are cut. I saw the uncut one but it had seriously drained color and muffled sound. Still it's worth seeking out if you're a horror fan.