Review of Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) by Robbie V — 20 Feb 2011
A classic Southern-Gothic entry with horror overtones in the formulaic "Lethal Ladies" film cycle (Pitting often psychotic, middle-aged women against each other in high-camp games of Cat-and-Mouse-), begun in the early 60's by "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane", & continuing well into the 1970's, & one of the better of the type.
The sophisticated, conniving cousin of faded Southern Belle Charlotte (Bette Davis) conspires with the family lawyer (Joseph Cotten) to drive her insane in order to usurp the beloved family estate. With great perfs by a veteran cast of Hollywood Heavyweights, with Olivia de Haviland playing against type as the coldly-calculating cousin Miriam & the magnificent Agnes Moorehead really running away with it all (In one of her several Oscar-nominated performances-) as Charlotte's loyally-protective, slatternly white-trash maid, Velma.
Eerie throughout, with some really spine-chilling sequences.
This review of Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) was written by Robbie V on 20 Feb 2011.
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte has generally received very positive reviews.
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