Ezmae Chang
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Nicolas
Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Kayden
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Rainey Dawn
WOW I have been trying to remember the name of this movie for a very long time... today I goggled the famous "the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out"... and found the title of the movie "Picture Mommy Dead". I re-watched this movie today after I found the movie title again and I must say it is pretty good old film.I recalled that as a kid this movie scared me... but after re-viewing it as an adult I find it a good mystery/thriller film.The movie is worth watching if you like older "whodunnit" types of movies. Nobody will ever find out Daddy. The Hearse Song is the creepiest part of this film -- the part I remembered for years.7/10
Joseph Brando
There is enough decent atmosphere and loathsome characters in this film to hold your attention for its duration, but that's about it. It has the feel of a made-for-TV film from the 1970's but I'm fairly certain this was released at the movies. Young Susan has just been released from a convent/mental institution after seeing her mother (Zsa Zsa) killed in a fire in their home. Unfortunately she is going back to the same house where her father (Amece) now lives with his new wife (Hyer) who is Susan's former governess and the creepy caretaker, Anthony (Reed). All are despicable people who have their own sneaky agendas tied to the complicated will being left to young Susan. Poor Zsa Zsa is in the film for a combined total of about one minute. The rest of the actors are good, except for Susan Gordon who plays the young daughter. She is one of the worst actors I have ever seen, and her terrible performance is the main thing hampering this production down. This will probably only be of interest to those who viewed it when it first came out, or fans of 1970's haunted house movies.
Hoohawnaynay
One of those low budget films that had lots of style. Filmed at the famous Doheny Mansion in Beverly Hills, opening scene has a horrendous bedroom fire consuming the dead body of Zsa Zsa Gabor. I first saw this in the 70's and being a teenage pyro I was fascinated by the fire sequences. Teenage girl Susan Gordon (Producer Bert Gordon's daughter) gets let out of a convent 7 years after her mother (Zsa Zsa) gets crispy in the previously mentioned fire. Seems the girl still has some issues and things get wierd after her dad (Don Ameche) brings her back to the house where it happened! (How tacky is that?) Enter her old nanny (Martha Hyer) who just wed Daddy Don Ameche. Seems Martha wants to get her hands on an old Diamond necklace Zsa Zsa reported missing before the fire. Seems Martha is a bit of a tramp and will let anyone grab a hold of her Double D cups that will tell her where the jewels are hidden. Dig the crazy scene where Susan scratches a portrait of Zsa Zsa and the picture starts to bleed! They don't make 'em like this anymore. Wendell Corey makes a rare appearance (right before he died) as a surly character who likes tormenting Susan with remarks about the fire like "it must be what hell is like" just to watch Susan twitch out big time. Great bit of film noir (even in color) this movie has lots of shadows, great photography & direction, even the scene where the bedroom is ablaze is photographed in an almost beautiful way with the flames towering up expensive drapes and ashed slowly cascading down. Great fun, it's on video I hope they put this film on DVD. Of course, anything with Zsa Zsa Gabor is a hoot, even though here she is essentially playing herself.
N. Eades-2
Martha Hyer, Don Ameche, and Zsa Zsa Gabor in a horror film?-- It's definitely cult material. The three stars give unusually good performances for this type of film, with the rest of the cast over and under-acting. Truly an unusual horror film, the plot of this haunted mansion-whodunit isn't as predictable as it would seem. It's hard to find, but worth it.
