What’s the Matter with Helen? / Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

Description

TITLE: What’s the Matter with Helen? / Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

FORMAT:  DVD

CODING: Region 1 – NTSC

CONDITION: Very Fine

YEAR: 1971 / 1972

STORYLINE: What’s the Matter with Helen? – Set in the 1930s, Helen and Adelle are two women whose sons commit a gruesome murder. After their conviction, they move to Hollywood, change their names and open a dance school for girls. Adelle is looking for a good life, and when one of the parents of her students who is wealthy takes a liking to her, she thinks she’s got it made. Helen thinks that someone who blames them for what their sons did is stalking them. But Adelle thinks it’s all in her mind.

STORYLINE:  Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? – A retelling of the old tale of Hansel and Gretel, but set in 1920’s England. To the children and staff at the orphanage, Auntie Roo is a kindly American widow who gives them a lavish Christmas party each year in her mansion, Forrest Grange. In reality, she’s a severely disturbed woman, who keeps the mummified remains of her little daughter in a nursery in the attic. One Christmas, her eye falls upon a little girl who reminds her of her daughter and she imprisons her in her attic. Nobody believes her brother, Christopher, when he tells them what’s happened, so he goes to rescue her.

STARS: What’s the Matter with Helen? – Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver

STARS:  Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? – Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks

UPC: 027616878236

NOTES/INFO: Color – 101 Min – Mono – 1971 – Widescreen / Color – 92 Min. – Mono – 1972 – Widescreen