Agnes Moorehead, Chloe Franks, Debbie Reynolds
A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
DVD Release Date: February 25, 2009
Stats: 22 reviews
A surprisingly disturbing film, based on the Grimms fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. I was expecting a kiddie scary movie, but I was wrong. A wealthy widow, played by Shelley Winters in all her hammy glory, takes selected children from the local orphanage into her home for a Christm...( read more)
It's hard for a movie to meet the standard set by a title like that. This is campy horror with a period flavor and an old-style sense of the macabre, with the main attraction being Shelley Winters' trademark maternal weirdo.
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