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KrimenTaon1971Tagal1h 41mIMDb6.3

What's the Matter with Helen?

KrimenKatatakutanMusical

Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.

Panoorin Ngayon

Trailer

Cast

Curtis Harrington

Director

Debbie Reynolds

Adelle

Shelley Winters

Helen

Dennis Weaver

Linc Palmer

Micheál MacLiammóir

Hamilton Starr

Agnes Moorehead

Sister Alma

Helene Winston

Mrs. Greenbaum

Peggy Rea

Mrs. Schultz

Logan Ramsey

Detective Sgt. West

PC

Paulle Clark

Mrs. Plumb

Yvette Vickers

Mrs. Barker

Molly Dodd

Mrs. Rigg

SL

Samee Lee Jones

Winona

Robbi Morgan

Rosalie

Timothy Carey

The Tramp

SS

Swen Swenson

The Gigolo

DV

Debbie Van Den Houten

Sue Anne

TD

Teresa De Rose

Donna

Pamelyn Ferdin

Kiddie M.C.

HF

Henry Farrell

Writer

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abida.mussaaMay 29, 2023

source: What's the Matter with Helen?

Chisomo NkhomaNov 18, 2022

Raaz ChuhanNov 16, 2022

What's the Matter with Helen?

kumba willanNov 16, 2022

Debbie Reynolds toe-taps, tangos and, yes, tap-dances her way through this ordinary thriller which has a distinctly fabricated '30s atmosphere. Two ladies, brought together when their sons commit a murder, try starting their lives over by running a tap-dance school for tots in Hollywood. Trouble is, one of them is plagued by neuroses. Can you imagine this thing 10 years earlier with Robert Aldrich directing Bette Davis and Joan Crawford...? Nahh, Bette never would have allowed Joan so much screen-time to strut her stuff, and I can't imagine Bette Davis in the other role, tap-dancing her heart out. This is a purely bogus piece of macabre, written by a slumming Henry Farrell (whose idea of a good "shock" is to stage the mass-murder of a group of rabbits!). Not an ounce of honest fun in the whole tepid package. *1/2 from ****

ستار سعد-SattarSaadNov 16, 2022

It was interesting to see the comments preceding my entry. I saw this movie when it first came out when I was 11 years old and it was really frightening at the time. The gruesome murders that the sons committed combined with the gory flashbacks and the maniacal ending burned images in my mind that lasted for years later. I couldn't appreciate or recognize any of the factors that may make it considered camp now. All I can say is that getting that last shot of Debbie Reynolds out of my head while trying to fall asleep took a long, long time.

grini_fNov 16, 2022

A vastly underrated black comedy, the finest in a series of grand guignol movies to follow 'Baby Jane'. Reynolds and Winters are mothers of young convicted murderers (a nod to 'Compulsion') who run away to hide in Hollywood. They run a school for would-be movie tots, a bunch of hilariously untalented kids attended by awful stage moms. Debbie, in her blonde wig ('I'm a Harlow, you're more a Marion Davies' she tells Winters) leads the tots at their concert and wins a rich dad, Weaver. She also does a deliciously funny tango and, over all, gives an outstanding performance, unlike anything she'd done before. The atmosphere is a fine mix of comic and eerie. It looks wonderful with great period detail (30's). Lots of lovely swipes at Hollywood and the terrifying movie tot. Micheal MacLiammoir has a ball as the drama coach: 'Hamilton Starr', he purrs, 'two r's but prophetic nonetheless'. See it and love it.

🇵🇰🇲🇿🇺🇸🇸🇩🇿🇦🇩🇿🛫🛬💐Nov 16, 2022

Slick, colorful Gothic horror tale features the veteran leading ladies in top form. Debbie Reynolds perfects that 1930's platinum blonde/Jean Harlow image, and Shelley Winters gives what is possibly her all-time best performance as the maniacal Helen. The film was directed by cult favorite Curtis Harrington, and was written by Henry Farrell author of the novel on which the classic film WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? was based. Farrell has concocted an equally effective mixture of horror and hollywood here. Harrington's next venture into the macabre was the similarly Gothic and atmospheric WHO SLEW AUNTIE ROO?, also featuring the inimitable Shelley Winters in the titular role.

GinafineNov 16, 2022

It has taken me 24 years to find the courage to see this film again. Like another reviewer here, I was too young when I first saw this movie back in 1971 at the tender age of 7 (what were my parents thinking?!), and it's disturbing visuals have haunted me all of my life. This is a gory, gruesome film, all things considered, with quick, effective shots of mangled bodies and cute furry creatures. And that ending! Seeing Debbie's face again in the finale after all these years conjured up my repressed childhood chills once again. Overall, a very effective film with a "Tales from the Crypt-esque" ending and some superb acting.

user1674643873044Nov 16, 2022

In New York, the sons of Adelle Bruckner (Debbie Reynolds) and Helen Hill (Shelley Winters) are convicted for a dreadful murder. Adelle decides to move to Hollywood to open a dance school and invites the religious Helen to go with her. They change their names to Adelle Stuart and Helen Martin and are successful in the school. When Adelle meets the millionaire Linc Palmer (Dennis Weaver), they fall in love with each other. But soon Helen is haunted by their ghosts from the past and affects her behavior and relationship with Adelle. "What's the Matter with Helen?" is a great crime film with excellent performances. The plot is mysterious and Shelley Winters is fantastic in the role of a deranged woman. The dark conclusion is perfect for the story. My vote is seven. Title (Brazil): "Obsessão Sinistra" ("Sinister Obsession")

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