Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)

1h 48m
Running Time

November 13, 1976
Release Date

Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)

1h 48m
Running Time

November 13, 1976
Release Date

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Plot.

Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. When Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to turn toward Alice. But could a 12-year-old girl really be capable of such savagery?

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Cast & Crew.

Ted Tinling

Ted Tinling

Detective Cranston

Mary Boylan

Mary Boylan

Mother Superior

Peter Bosche

Peter Bosche

Monsignor

Joseph Rossi

Joseph Rossi

Father Joe

Marco Quazzo

Marco Quazzo

Robert DeLorenze

Dick Boccelli

Dick Boccelli

Hotel Clerk

Ronald Willoughby

Ronald Willoughby

Funeral Director

Sally Anne Golden

Sally Anne Golden

Policewoman

Lucy Hale

Lucy Hale

Church Soloist

Libby Fennelly

Libby Fennelly

Nun

Maurice Yonowsky

Maurice Yonowsky

Children Shelter Attendant

Beth Carlton

Beth Carlton

Children Shelter Attendant

Drew Roman

Drew Roman

Policeman

Antonino Rocca

Antonino Rocca

Funeral Attendant

Michael Weil

Michael Weil

Funeral Attendant

Leslie Feigen

Leslie Feigen

Doctor

Joseph Bruck

Joseph Bruck

Electrician

Larry Scharf

Larry Scharf

Boom Operator

Johnnie Rogers

Johnnie Rogers

Key Grip

Dick Vorisek

Dick Vorisek

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Friberg

John Friberg

Camera Operator / Director of Photography

Marc G. Greenberg

Marc G. Greenberg

Associate Producer

John Lawless

John Lawless

Production Design

Larry Panucci

Larry Panucci

Hairstylist

Chuck Hall

Chuck Hall

Camera Operator / Director of Photography

Chris Hayes

Chris Hayes

Assistant Camera

Stephen Finkin

Stephen Finkin

Set Decoration

Anne Paul

Anne Paul

Makeup Artist

Barbara Battagliese

Barbara Battagliese

Hairstylist

Dan Sable

Dan Sable

Sound Editor

Gary Michelin

Gary Michelin

Camera Loader

Ralph Coleman

Ralph Coleman

Electrician

John Pascali

John Pascali

Grip

Karen Sole

Karen Sole

Makeup Artist

Stanley Fejnas

Stanley Fejnas

Grip

Details.

Release Date
November 13, 1976

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 48m

Content Rating
R

Budget
$340,000

Filming Locations
New Jersey, United States

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

single parent
church service
burned alive
psychotronic
proto-slasher
communion
communion dress
sibling rivalry
murdered sister
burnt body
knife murder
roman catholic church
masked villain
holy communion
first holy communion
death of sibling
murder-of-sister
religious fanaticism
masked killer
dead daughter
grieving mother
american giallo

Wiki.

Alice, Sweet Alice, originally titled Communion, is a 1976 American psychological horror slasher film directed by Alfred Sole, written by Sole and Rosemary Ritvo, and starring Linda Miller, Paula Sheppard, and Brooke Shields in her film debut. Set in 1961 Paterson, New Jersey, the film focuses on a troubled adolescent girl (Sheppard) who becomes a suspect in the brutal murder of her younger sister (Shields) at her First Communion, as well as in a series of unsolved stabbings that follow. Mildred Clinton, Niles McMaster, and Jane Lowry co-star, with Louisa Horton and Lillian Roth appearing in minor roles.

Sole developed the film's screenplay with Ritvo, an English professor who was his neighbor, drawing influence from Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973) and the films of Alfred Hitchcock. He assembled a cast of New York City-based actors to appear in the film, largely from theater backgrounds. Principal photography took place throughout the summer of 1975 on location in Paterson and Newark, New Jersey. Through his architectural career restoring historic buildings in Paterson, Sole was able to secure several properties there as filming locations.

The film premiered at the 12th Chicago International Film Festival in November 1976 under its original title, Communion; it opened in England in September 1977 under this same name. After being acquired by Allied Artists, the film was re-titled Alice, Sweet Alice, and released in the United States on November 18, 1977. It was theatrically reissued again in 1981 by Dynamite Entertainment under the title Holy Terror, with a marketing campaign that exploited Shields's appearance in the film following her rising profile. Because the film was not properly registered for copyright between its reissues, it was widely distributed in the home media market by public domain companies until 1997 when Sole made small editorial changes to the film, allowing him to re-copyright it in a variant version.

Alice, Sweet Alice received mixed reviews from film critics, though it was met with largely favorable reception in England. Sole's direction and Sheppard's performance received praise, though many critics found the film's graphic violence and religious themes obscene and anti-Catholic. It received accolades from several film festivals and critical associations, including two Saturn Award nominations. In the years since its release, it has gained a cult following and is considered a contemporary classic of the slasher subgenre in critical circles, as well as an example of an "American giallo." It has also been the focus of scholarship in the areas of horror film studies, particularly regarding its depictions of Roman Catholicism, child emotional neglect, and the disintegration of the American nuclear family.

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