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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 390468" data-attributes="member: 7">I watched FANATIC (otherwise known as DIE! DIE! MY DARLING! for the American market) tonight on Tubi.This thriller stars Tallulah Bankhead as Mrs. Trefoile, a suppressed religious fanatic (which is where the British title comes from) who is morbidly obsessed by the death of her son, Steven. Mrs. Trefoile is unhinged and takes the locking up Steven&#039;s would-be wife Patricia (Stefanie Powers) in her attic when she comes to England for a visit.I found FANATIC to be a good movie, and I&#039;d say it&#039;s a good representation of the &quot;grande dame guignol&quot; genre. The fact the movie is in color doesn&#039;t bother me, and I thought several parts of the story were quite creepy. This a Hammer production (as was Davis&#039; THE NANNY, filmed in B&amp;W and also released in 1965), and the studio&#039;s fingerprint is prevalent.FANATIC can get a little long-winded, and perhaps had a good 20 minutes been shaved off, the movie would&#039;ve been a tad more impressionable.This is probably Tallulah&#039;s finest on-screen performance as an actress (even though Hitchcock&#039;s LIFEBOAT is right up there, too), as she really seems to slide into the character of Mrs. Trefoile without her typical &quot;Tallulah&quot; mannerisms. I recall Bankhead plugging the movie during her appearance on WHAT&#039;S MY LINE? in 1965.I think the movie plays better when titled FANATIC, but the version I watched tonight was called DIE! DIE! MY DARLING! American exhibitors retitled the movie for U.S. audiences to cash-in on Bankhead&#039;s &quot;darling&quot; over usage, a fact often played for laughs by those impersonating her. There&#039;s also a line towards the end of the film where Mrs. Trefoile says to Patricia, &quot;You must die. Die! Die! My darling.&quot; So, I guess they can say that&#039;s where the U.S. retitle came from as well.As I said, this movie is currently free on Tubi. If you&#039;re interested, go and watch it. Even if you find it not to be your cup of tea, at least you didn&#039;t waste money to watch it.[ATTACH=full]51358[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 390468, member: 7"] I watched FANATIC (otherwise known as DIE! DIE! MY DARLING! for the American market) tonight on Tubi. This thriller stars Tallulah Bankhead as Mrs. Trefoile, a suppressed religious fanatic (which is where the British title comes from) who is morbidly obsessed by the death of her son, Steven. Mrs. Trefoile is unhinged and takes the locking up Steven's would-be wife Patricia (Stefanie Powers) in her attic when she comes to England for a visit. I found FANATIC to be a good movie, and I'd say it's a good representation of the "grande dame guignol" genre. The fact the movie is in color doesn't bother me, and I thought several parts of the story were quite creepy. This a Hammer production (as was Davis' THE NANNY, filmed in B&W and also released in 1965), and the studio's fingerprint is prevalent. FANATIC can get a little long-winded, and perhaps had a good 20 minutes been shaved off, the movie would've been a tad more impressionable. This is probably Tallulah's finest on-screen performance as an actress (even though Hitchcock's LIFEBOAT is right up there, too), as she really seems to slide into the character of Mrs. Trefoile without her typical "Tallulah" mannerisms. I recall Bankhead plugging the movie during her appearance on WHAT'S MY LINE? in 1965. I think the movie plays better when titled FANATIC, but the version I watched tonight was called DIE! DIE! MY DARLING! American exhibitors retitled the movie for U.S. audiences to cash-in on Bankhead's "darling" over usage, a fact often played for laughs by those impersonating her. There's also a line towards the end of the film where Mrs. Trefoile says to Patricia, "You must die. Die! Die! My darling." So, I guess they can say that's where the U.S. retitle came from as well. As I said, this movie is currently free on Tubi. If you're interested, go and watch it. Even if you find it not to be your cup of tea, at least you didn't waste money to watch it. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1709436677064.png"]51358[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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