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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 54497" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>"Hag Horrors", as they have been nicknamed, are a subgenre of the horror film. The subgenre is usually pinpointed to have started with the black comedy/shocker <em>What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? </em>(1962). The film, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as battling ex-actress sisters, was a runaway hit, and led to a succession of other so-called "hag horrors" to follow. </p><p></p><p>Here below I want to discuss the "hag horrors" labeled as such, and the ones you fellow Soap Chatters have seen. </p><p></p><p><em>The films... </em> </p><p>What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) ... Bette Davis and Joan Crawford</p><p>The Caretakers (1963) ... Joan Crawford</p><p>Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) ... Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, and others </p><p>Lady in a Cage (1964) ... Olivia de Havilland </p><p>Dead Ringer (1964) ... Bette Davis (... and Bette Davis) </p><p>Strait-Jacket (1964) ... Joan Crawford</p><p>The Night Walker (1964) ... Barbara Stanwyck</p><p>The Nanny (1965) ... Bette Davis</p><p>Fanatic (1965) ... Tallulah Bankhead</p><p>I Saw What You Did (1965) ... Joan Crawford</p><p>Picture Mommy Dead (1966) ... Zsa Zsa Gabor and Martha Hyer</p><p>Berserk! (1967) ... Joan Crawford and Diana Dors</p><p>The Anniversary (1968) ... Bette Davis</p><p>What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) ... Geraldine Page</p><p>The Big Cube (1969) ... Lana Turner</p><p>The Mad Room (1969) ... Stella Stevens and Shelley Winters</p><p>Flesh Feast (1970) ... Veronica Lake</p><p>Savage Intruder (1970) ... Miriam Hopkins and Gale Sondergaard</p><p>What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) ... Shelley Winters, Debbie Reynolds, and Anges Moorehead</p><p>Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) ... Shelley Winters</p><p>Dear Dead Delilah (1972) ... Agnes Moorehead</p><p>Night Watch (1973) ... Elizabeth Taylor</p><p>The Killing Kind (1973) ... Ann Sothern and Ruth Roman</p><p>Persecution (1974) ... Lana Turner</p><p></p><p>I searched "hag horrors" on Google, and these are the titles I found listed. Some of these films I've never heard of before, and therefore I couldn't say whether or not they are genuine "hag horrors" or not. </p><p></p><p>Of the films above, I've seen <em>What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?</em>, naturally, since it started it all. I've seen pieces of <em>Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte</em> and <em>The Caretakers</em>, and I've watched <em>Strait-Jacket</em> and <em>Dead Ringer</em>. As for the others, I might have watched parts of them, but my memory of them is hazy so I couldn't make any comments on them. </p><p></p><p>Which have you seen?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 54497, member: 7"] "Hag Horrors", as they have been nicknamed, are a subgenre of the horror film. The subgenre is usually pinpointed to have started with the black comedy/shocker [I]What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [/I](1962). The film, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as battling ex-actress sisters, was a runaway hit, and led to a succession of other so-called "hag horrors" to follow. Here below I want to discuss the "hag horrors" labeled as such, and the ones you fellow Soap Chatters have seen. [I]The films... [/I] What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) ... Bette Davis and Joan Crawford The Caretakers (1963) ... Joan Crawford Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) ... Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, and others Lady in a Cage (1964) ... Olivia de Havilland Dead Ringer (1964) ... Bette Davis (... and Bette Davis) Strait-Jacket (1964) ... Joan Crawford The Night Walker (1964) ... Barbara Stanwyck The Nanny (1965) ... Bette Davis Fanatic (1965) ... Tallulah Bankhead I Saw What You Did (1965) ... Joan Crawford Picture Mommy Dead (1966) ... Zsa Zsa Gabor and Martha Hyer Berserk! (1967) ... Joan Crawford and Diana Dors The Anniversary (1968) ... Bette Davis What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) ... Geraldine Page The Big Cube (1969) ... Lana Turner The Mad Room (1969) ... Stella Stevens and Shelley Winters Flesh Feast (1970) ... Veronica Lake Savage Intruder (1970) ... Miriam Hopkins and Gale Sondergaard What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) ... Shelley Winters, Debbie Reynolds, and Anges Moorehead Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) ... Shelley Winters Dear Dead Delilah (1972) ... Agnes Moorehead Night Watch (1973) ... Elizabeth Taylor The Killing Kind (1973) ... Ann Sothern and Ruth Roman Persecution (1974) ... Lana Turner I searched "hag horrors" on Google, and these are the titles I found listed. Some of these films I've never heard of before, and therefore I couldn't say whether or not they are genuine "hag horrors" or not. Of the films above, I've seen [I]What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?[/I], naturally, since it started it all. I've seen pieces of [I]Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte[/I] and [I]The Caretakers[/I], and I've watched [I]Strait-Jacket[/I] and [I]Dead Ringer[/I]. As for the others, I might have watched parts of them, but my memory of them is hazy so I couldn't make any comments on them. Which have you seen? [/QUOTE]
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