Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)

Directors

Curtis Harrington

Cast

Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries, Hugh Griffith

The story

Every year, Rosie Forrest, known as "Auntie Roo", throws a lavish overnight Christmas party for ten of the best-mannered children at the local orphanage. Despite her warm demeanour, Rosie is in fact demented and mentally ill and keeps the mummified remains of her daughter Katharine in a nursery room in the attic. She holds regular séances in hopes of communicating with her spirit, presided over by phony medium Mr.

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