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What's the Matter with Helen?
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What's the Matter with Helen?

What's the Matter with Helen?

1971
Suspense/Thriller, Crime
1h 41m
The Midwestern mothers of two Leopold and Loeb--like murderers move to Hollywood, California in the 1930s and open a dancing school for would-be Shirley Temples seeking to break into the movies. Adelle (Debbie Reynolds) falls in love with a Texas millionaire (Dennis Weaver), but Helen (Shelley Winters) turns to an evangelist (Agnes Moorehead) and gradually goes off the deep end. Soon corpses of all kinds start piling up. (imdb)

Directed by:

Curtis Harrington

Screenwriter:

Henry Farrell

Starring:

Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Agnes Moorehead, Dennis Weaver, Timothy Carey, Helene Winston, Micheál MacLiammóir, Pamelyn Ferdin, Yvette Vickers, Minta Durfee, Logan Ramsey, Peter Brocco

Genres:

Suspense/Thriller, Crime, Musical, Mystery

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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What's the Matter with Helen?

1971
Suspense/Thriller, Crime
1h 41m
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Rated 04 Jan 2009
71
33rd
It's Shelly Winters going batshit crazy, what's not to like? Plus a pre-teen girl doing a 30's burlesque act singing Alice Faye's "Nasty Man" in a Mae West voice; top that!
Rated 04 Jan 2009
darrenDarren
Rated 08 Nov 2021
69
50th
Great performances
Rated 08 Nov 2021
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 18 Aug 2020
82
70th
Em honra do centenário da ótima Shelley Winters filme #1. O que é que há com Helen indeed. É claro que tem aquela pitada de old hags do Aldrich sem ser as obra-primas que ele conseguia fazer, mas o Harrington é cineasta suficiente pra nos dá um excelente exemplar do subgênero. Blu-ray rip RARBG.
Rated 18 Aug 2020
billkerwinbillkerwin
Rated 02 Feb 2014
73
22nd
The poetic touch of Curtis Harrington in early decline keeps this from being a mere "Baby Jane" rip-off: he likes his aging actresses and treats them with the respect and affection they deserve. Nevertheless, the silly plot fails to hold the viewer's interest, and ends--inevitably, I suppose--grotesquely, absurdly. Parts of it are very interesting, but the parts are greater than the whole.
Rated 02 Feb 2014
slantmagSlantMag
Rated 14 Oct 2011
25
61st
"The layers of pastiche that fuel What's the Matter with Helen? multiply like Shelly Winters's titular character's fat white rabbits." - Eric Henderson
Rated 14 Oct 2011
eggbeatereggbeater
Rated 13 Mar 2009
67
61st
Campy murder tale. Good fun; Debbie ideal in period setting.
Rated 13 Mar 2009
pilgermannpilgermann
Rated 25 Oct 2007
65
41st
Not awful, but far from great, although it improves with a second viewing. There are some interesting bits here and there, but it should've been weirder, scarier, or funnier. It just feels like it's lacking something special.
Rated 25 Oct 2007
stainStain
Rated 04 Aug 2007
40
23rd
Dull and unrewarding entry in the older-chicks-in-horror-flicks subgenre, despite the star cast
Rated 04 Aug 2007

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