Strait-Jacket1964
“WARNING! 'Strait-Jacket' vividly depicts ax murders!”
Directed by William Castle
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🏆 1 nomination
The premise
After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.
Horror Vault's take
When a woman is released from a psychiatric institution after two decades following a brutal axe killing, she attempts to rebuild her fractured relationship with the daughter who grew up without her. But as disturbing events begin to surface around her return, those closest to her start to wonder whether her time away truly changed her. Powered by a commanding lead performance, this 1964 chiller walks a razor's edge between psychological drama and grindhouse thrills. It remains a landmark of the 'psycho-biddy' cycle and an early blueprint for the slasher formula.
Content: Axe Violence, Depictions Of Mental Illness, Brief Sexual Content
Cast
Joan Crawford
Lucy Harbin
Diane Baker
Carol Harbin
Leif Erickson
Bill Cutler
Howard St. John
Raymond Fields
John Anthony Hayes
Michael Fields
Rochelle Hudson
Emily Cutler
George Kennedy
Leo Krause
Edith Atwater
Mrs. Fields
Mitchell Cox
Dr. Anderson
Lee Majors
Frank Harbin (uncredited)
Patricia Crest
Stella Fulton (uncredited)
Vicki Cos
Carol Harbin - Age 3 (uncredited)
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