HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE: (1964).
There were two films in the 60s which revived the career of
Bette Davis. The first was
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. This was the second.. both were psychological thrillers.
Bette was her usual hi quality while
Olivia De Havilland put in one of her best performances.
Agnes Moorehead stole the show winning a best support Golden Globe. Taking the director reins once again was
Robert Aldrich.
This is a mysterious tale of a young women who is accused of the grisly murder of her former lover but is never convicted and must see out her days, hovering between sanity and insanity, in a crumbling southern mansion. The arrival of her cousin creates fears and suspicions that almost send the woman over the edge. What is the cousin's end play?
7/10 rating.