Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
“She's Taking a STAB at Motherhood!”
Mrs Rosie Forrest, aka 'Auntie Roo', has a holiday tradition of inviting orphans to her mansion for a party. But Roo isn't completely sane; she lost her husband and is obsessed with her deceased daughter, whose corpse she still keeps in the house. When Katy Coombs sneaks into the party with her brother, Christopher, the deranged biddy abducts the young girl with the hopes of replacing her daughter.
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Shelley Winters
Mrs Rosie Forrest / 'Auntie Roo'
Known for
Lolita
The Night of the Hunter
Mark Lester
Christopher Coombs
Known for
Oliver!
Melody
Chloe Franks
Katy Coombs
Known for
Tales from the Crypt
The House That Dripped Blood
Ralph Richardson
Mr Benton
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
The Fallen Idol
Lionel Jeffries
Police Insp. Willoughby
Known for
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Murder Ahoy
Hugh Griffith
Mr Harrison, The Pigman
Known for
Ben-Hur
The Canterbury Tales
Rosalie Crutchley
Miss Henley
Known for
The Haunting
Smiley's People
Pat Heywood
Dr Mason
Known for
Romeo and Juliet
10 Rillington Place
Judy Cornwell
Clarine
Known for
Keeping Up Appearances
Santa Claus: The Movie
Michael Gothard
Albie
Known for
Jack the Ripper
For Your Eyes Only
Jackie Cowper
Angela Barnes
Also in
Birds of a Feather
Richard Beaumont
Peter Brookshire
Also in
Scrooge
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Curtis Harrington Director · Jimmy Sangster Screenplay Robert Blees Screenplay
Budget $800K · United States release March 15, 1972 · Produced in United Kingdom
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Budget
$800,000
Production
Hemdale
Production
American International Productions (England)
Production
American International Pictures (AIP)
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 11, 1972
Theatrical
United States · March 15, 1972
Theatrical
Germany
February 8, 1980 · Theatrical
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