As befits a film shot in Canada by a director who spent most of his career in television this very loose remake of 'Ladies in Retirement' for most of its length has the bland look and sound of a TV movie. Starting like an Aldrich and ending like a Castle, when the gore finally starts flowing there's a memorably grotesque sequence involving a dog (don't worry the dog isn't harmed).
Instead of the original's batty old spinsters we get two angelic-looking young siblings (Barbara Sammeth is particularly touching). Shelley Winters is for her relatively restrained, and there's a regrettably brief cameo by Beverley Garland as a neurotic drunken drama queen.
Instead of the original's batty old spinsters we get two angelic-looking young siblings (Barbara Sammeth is particularly touching). Shelley Winters is for her relatively restrained, and there's a regrettably brief cameo by Beverley Garland as a neurotic drunken drama queen.