Strait-Jacket Summary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Castle
Genres: Thriller
Rating:
In this chilling blood-tale in "Psycho" style, Robert_Bloch modernizes the Lizzy Borden story. A wife (Joan_Crawford) literally axes her cheating husband and his lover, witnessed by her three-year-old daughter. Mom is packed off to the insane asylum for 20 years before reuniting with the daughter (Diane_Baker). From this point, the axe murders continue along a contrived plot intended to lead the audience astray until the mystery is solved. Crawford's strong performance and the excellently constructed suspense are the best elements of the film -- and the chopping saves the show when the plot tends to slow. Lucinda Ramsey, Rovi
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