About the film
- Directed by
- Alfred Sole
- Released
- November 13, 1976
- Certification
- R
- Country
- United States of America
- Starring
- Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula E. Sheppard, Niles McMaster, Jane Lowry
More credits
- Language
- Latin, English
- Origin
- US
- Studios
- Harristown Funding
- Written by
- Alfred Sole, Rosemary Ritvo
- Produced by
- Alfred Sole, Richard K. Rosenberg
- Cinematography
- John Friberg, Chuck Hall
- Music
- Stephen Lawrence
- Also starring
- Rudolph Willrich, Michael Hardstark, Alphonso DeNoble, Gary Allen, Brooke Shields
- Budget
- $340,000
A figure in a yellow raincoat and a translucent mask strangles a young girl in a church during her first communion.
ALICE, SWEET ALICE (1976) follows the aftermath, as suspicion for the murder of young Karen Spages falls on her older sister Alice, a sullen, withdrawn girl who has spent her life watching her sibling get the attention she never received. Detectives, a troubled priest, an obese landlord with a fondness for cats, and Alice's own estranged father circle the case, while the killer in the raincoat keeps striking.
Alfred Sole directed and co-wrote the film with Rosemary Ritvo. Paula E. Sheppard, playing Alice, gives one of the most unsettling child performances in American horror. Brooke Shields appears in a small early role as Karen.
Beneath its slasher trappings sits a genuinely disturbing study of jealousy, repression, and the failures of family and church.
Sources
- Alice, sweet Alice evergreen.lib.in.us
- Alice, Sweet Alice Blu-ray | Arrow Video www.arrowvideo.com
- Alice Sweet Alice | Original Artwork Slipcover | Limited Edition 4K UHD | Arrow Video www.arrowvideo.com
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- Communion (1976) - Plot - IMDb - - In 1961, divorced Catholic couple Dom and Catherine Spages' life is upended when thei s.media-imdb.com
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This is definitely an American giallo, instead of labeling it a “slasher.”
Todd Jaeger Fair, but of course it was marketed as both a slasher and a Brooke Shields star vehicle when it was rereleased in the early 80s. I believe it was called Holy Terror when they were really pushing the slasher thing.
Fun fact:Paula Sheppard who played 12 year old Alice, was actually 19 at the time!😲