What's the Matter with Helen?
What's the Matter with Helen?

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Set in the 1930s, Helen and Adelle are two women whose sons commit a gruesome murder. After their conviction, they move to Hollywood, change their names and open a dance school for girls. Adelle is looking for a good life, and when one of the parents of her students who is wealthy takes a liking to her, she thinks she's got it made. Helen thinks that someone who blames them for what their sons did is stalking them. But Adelle thinks it's all in her mind.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in What's the Matter with Helen?:

Debbie Reynolds
Shelley Winters
Dennis Weaver
Micheál Mac Liammóir
Agnes Moorehead
Helene Winston

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Set in the 1930s, Helen and Adelle are two women whose sons commit a gruesome murder. After their conviction, they move to Hollywood, change their names and open a dance school for girls. Adelle is looking for a good life, and when one of the parents of her students who is wealthy takes a liking to her, she thinks she's got it made. Helen thinks that someone who blames them for what their sons did is stalking them. But Adelle thinks it's all in her mind.

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 7/10 by Dennis SchwartzThe same thing that's wrong with Helen, is what's wrong with this pic%u2014it's too loony to be taken either seriously or humorously.
Slant Magazine - 6/10 by Eric HendersonThe layers of pastiche that fuel What's the Matter with Helen? multiply like Shelly Winters's titular character's fat white rabbits.
Apollo Guide - 4/10 by Scott WeinbergAn unseemly vibe of failed comedic horror, or - depending on your point of view - successfully bad high camp, with an inordinate number of incongruous dance numbers.
Cleveland Press - 4/10 by Tony Mastroiannilt is well acted and well scripted but promises more suspense than it finally delivers.
Chicago Sun-Times - 4/10 by Roger EbertThe whole movie is very 1930s, right down to the phony studio streets and the 20-foot shadow that comes around the corner five seconds before the actor does.
User Review - 10/10 by Tio BI LOVE THIS FILM. BIZARRE BUT COMPLETELY ORIGINAL, FUNNY, CREEPY, AND JUST A GREAT FILM. A TRUE CULT CLASSIC, REYNOLDS GIVES ONE OF HER BEST FILM PERFOMANCES AND WINTERS IS ONCE AGAIN OFF THE CHARTS IN A HILARIOUS PERFORMANCE AS A WOMAN WHO IS LOSING TOUCH WITH REALITY WHILE DEALING WITH A VENGEFUL STALKER.
User Review - 10/10 by Erica Ti thought this was avery good movie i loved it
User Review - 10/10 by Blais EIn this offbeat thriller/melodrama with horror overtones, Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters play two midwestern single mothers of two murderers in the 1930's who relocate to Hollywood to escape the negative publicity their two killer-sons generated. Reynolds's character Adelle opens a dancing school for little girls/wanna-be hoofers, and attempts a love affair with slow-drawling, wealthy Texas-tycoon Dennis Weaver, while mentally and emotionally-fragile Helen Hill (Winters), consumed with guilt over her son's crime, and in denial over her unexpressed lesbianish-leanings towards Adelle, becomes increasingly more and more isolated, quickly losing her already-tenuous grasp on reality. Turning to avaricious Aimee-Semple-MacPherson-like radio evangelist Sister Alma (Agnes Moorehead) for guidance, (Who actually does nothing more than fully push Helen completely over the edge-), Helen begins acting out her homicidal fantasies, beginning with her hapless pet rabbits and culminating with...? Director Curtis Harrington excelled in this type of material, specializing in thoughtful, character-driven horror films, rather than the overtly-graphic sleaze which was the norm of the day. The performances all around are outstanding, with Winters especially frightening and memorable as the sympathetic, yet totally-bonkers Helen. It would seem that at this stage in Ms. Winters's career, she seemed to delight in accepting several unpleasant and unflattering roles as menacing or moderately-mental matrons ("The Devil's Daughter", "The Mad Room", "Whoever Slew Auntie Roo"-) or out-and-out totally around-the-bend homicidal harridans (This film, "Revenge" and the later "Witchfire"-); but she always undertook the part with her characterictically-unsubtle, energetic, and explosive zeal. I think one of the many reasons I've always found Ms. Winters such an intriguing actress is that as she matured, she was always willing to leave her "Hollywood Glamour Days" behind and tackle parts that allowed her to exhibit her formidable, and sometimes hammy, acting prowess. An interesting curiosity piece, definitely worth a look.
User Review - 10/10 by Lora TScreaming, hefty Shelly Winters at her best!
User Review - 10/10 by Dave KSaw this last night on the big screen. Amazing! This is one of Shelley Winters' best performances and it's just a damn cool movie.

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