Director alfred sole crafts a terrific film that delivers effective shock and will most likely make you feel uncomfortable. Karen is an insufferable child prone to tantrums, whining, and histrionics. Little alice spages paula sheppard is jealous of her younger sister karen a. Alice, sweet alice 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. However, she is mistreated by almost everyone in the film and is constantly compared to her well behaved, angelic older sister who gets everything that she doesnt. An exception to this rule is alfred soles selffinanced independent feature alice, sweet alice 1976, which opens with the ghastly murder of a young girl brooke shields, in her film debut on the day of her first holy communion, and with suspicion falling on her own sister paula sheppard, the eponymous alice.
Alice sweet alice when tenyearold karen brooke shields is killed in church on the occasion of her first communion, her seemingly innocent older sister alice paula sheppard becomes the prime suspect. All lyrics, music, video, images and content copyright 2019 by alice sweet alice. Alice sweet alice brooke shields 1976 retrofilm vault. Alice sweet alice 1976 officially licensed poster by nikita kaun. Alice sweet alice communion vhs retro style 1976 6 6. Neighborhood residents are terrorized by a series of murders that seem to be centered around the parishioners of a catholic church. On episode 7 of the habitus, bobby lowe and michael pattison discuss. Alice sweet alice is an underappreciated slasher that has relevant themes and weird story lines. With her 12yearold son and herself to feed, alice linda lavin makes the best. Nowhere on the disc apart from the menu and artwork is the more familiar alice, sweet alice title visible, as the theatrical trailer 1.
Matters become complicated as more of alices family members are attacked, along with residents of. Rent alice, sweet alice 1977 starring brooke shields and linda miller on dvd and bluray. An incredibly uneven, illogical, and spotty mysterykiller movie, alice, sweet alice nonetheless manages to come out a winner because the things it gets right, it gets really right. Rather, alice, sweet alice finds its horrors in the earthly religion that is supposed to foster faith, but in this story ends up doing the very opposite. When tenyearold karen brooke shields in her first screen appearance is killed in church on the occasion of her first communion, her seemingly innocent older sister alice paula sheppard becomes the prime suspect. Alice, sweet alice is an underrated gem of old school horror cinema. A flop upon its original release, alice, sweet alice has since been saved from complete irrelevance by film scholars and cultists, even if it still doesnt quite enjoy the reputation it deserves. Rock alternative rock post punk kansas city, mo alice sweet alice rock alternative rock post punk kansas city, mo. The habitus 7 lost horizon, 10 rillington place, alice. Alice sweet alice is a female fronted rock band, with at times powerful explosions of metal, delicate textures of piano, earthshattering drums and an engaging live performance. Boasting a iconic killer the plastic mask and raincoat are fabulously creepy, an assortment of bizarre characters mr. Alice spages is a withdrawn 12 year old girl who lives with her mother, catherine, and her younger sister, karen. During karens fist communion she is brutally murdered by a masked assailant.
Alice sweet alice are mavericks in the alt rock music world, defying any easy pigeonhole. Holy terror is a very creepy 1976 cult horrorslasher classic featuring the film debut of a young brooke shields. A bona fide case of capturing cinematic lightning in a bottle, this new jerseyshot precursor to the slasher craze is an example of every element aligning perfectly to create one of the best horror films of the 70s, american or otherwise. Directed by alfred sole, alice, sweet alice originally titled communion, also known as holy terror explores the horror lurking behind the catholic church in a small new jersey community. In a bluecollar east coast town at the beginning of the kennedy presidency, mom katherine takes her daughters alice paula sheppard in a remarkable performance and karen brooke shields in. Uk readers will want to get the recently released 88 films version, which marks the first time its been released in uncut form on dvd in the uk previous releases have cut out a few seconds of animal cruelty in which a cat is swung at someone. Set in 1961 new jersey, the film focuses on a troubled adolescent girl who becomes a suspect in the brutal murder of her younger sister at. In 1961 suburban new jersey, a withdrawn adolescent girl is suspected of her younger sisters brutal murder during her first communion, and a series of subsequent stabbings. While vera and her cop husband elliot celebrate their first wedding anniversary with an impromptu arrest, alice falls in love with a country singer whos fallen in love with her voice, jolene develops a romantic relationship with mel after he trains her in womens basketball, and mel finally sells the diner. But could a 12yearold girl really be capable of such savagery. Alice, sweet alice originally titled communion and also known as holy terror is a 1976 american slasher film cowritten and directed by alfred sole, and starring linda miller, paula sheppard, and brooke shields in her film debut.
Alice sweet alice aka communion aka holy terror dir. Alice sweet alice is great classic stuff with some nice twists and brutal and shocking horror scenes. Alice sweet alice is a weird horror film that tries to tie into religion and duality but never commits. Alice, sweet alice 1976 favorite daughter karen brooke shields is viciously strangled and set afire in church on the day of her first communion, and suspicion falls on her jealous and. Foreign, animated, horror and all out strange films most people havent heard of 4,257 users 57,975 views. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. In this endearing, classic sitcom thats more relevant now than ever, a headstrong and optimistic single mom from new jersey is on her way to hollywood to pursue a career as a singer when her car breaks down in phoenix. Sweet emotion, the first single from rovilinkmwtoys in the atticrovilink, broke into the top 40 in the summer of 1975, with the album reaching number 11 shortly afterward. Originally made as communion and later issued under its most famous title, alice, sweet alice and in a reworked 1981 reissue as holy terror, this. Ive had alice sweet alice for over three months and i was sick of looking at the red netflix envelope.
But when karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to turn toward alice. Rent alice, sweet alice 1977 on dvd and bluray dvd. Alice is a withdrawn 12yearold who lives with her mother and her younger sister, karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving alice out of the spotlight. Genres horror director alfred sole starring linda miller, mildred clinton, paula e. Alice, sweet alice still employs a number of tried and tested slasher concepts such as the antagonist disguise, which in this instance is a chilling almost translucent face mask and a yellow raincoat, plus the revelation of the killer and their motives and a shocking ending with an indication that this may not really be the end. Sheppard, brooke shields, linda miller, tom signorelli the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 42 min. Matters become complicated as more of alices family members are attacked, along with residents of her apartment building. This is one of the movies that reinforces my belief that the best horror was made in the 1970s.
After a young girl is brutally murdered during her first communion, her strange and withdrawn older sister becomes the main suspect. Watch alice, sweet alice 1976 full movie free online. Its success prompted the rerelease of the power ballad dream on, which shot into the top ten in. It borrows heavily from the great horror film dont look now which featured a killer in a red raincoat, and it also has a real giallo feel to it. Also known as communion and holy terror and as the cinematic debut of brooke shields in a minor role, this horrorsuspense tale filled with obvious echoes of hitchcock plays a twisted game of murder in and around the cathedral served up with more red herrings. Complete movie information for alice, sweet alice starring linda miller, mildred clinton, paula e. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. The movie makers did manage to make the visuals their own with the creepy mask given to the killer which makes the visual of the killer is quite distinct it has been copied as well.
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