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William CastleArgumento:
Robert BlochCâmara:
Arthur E. ArlingMúsica:
Van AlexanderElenco:
Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John, John Anthony Hayes, Rochelle Hudson, George Kennedy, Lee Majors, Edith Atwater, Mitchell Cox (mais)Sinopses(1)
Lucy Harbin (Joan Crawford) has been in an asylum for 20 years after axing her husband and his mistress during a crime of passion, witnessed by her young daughter, Carol. While trying to renew ties with Carol (Diane Baker), who is now a young woman about to be married, heads begin to roll again. Is Lucy repeating her past? (texto oficial do distribuidor)
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Um old-school thriller com forma e atuações simpáticas, psicologicamente bem narrado e interpretado, com um trauma profundo, assassinatos com machado, uma filha bonita e um jovem George Kennedy. Só é pena que caia nas águas do filme B no final com uma reviravolta que, pela forma como admite negar o comportamento anterior de todos os personagens, confessa essencialmente o único e bastante modesto objetivo do filme de apenas enganar o espetador por um momento.
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The combination of William Castle, Robert Bloch and Joan Crawford worked great and I watched Strait-Jacket with the satisfaction of watching something that was good, that actually tried to keep the viewer at least a little tense. Indeed, it's clear that William Castle took a lot of inspiration from the imagery of Psycho - the comparison is also there thanks to Bloch - but still, Strait-Jacket works very well as a horror film.
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This is a typically enjoyable William Castle romp, unfortunately also one of the most transparent and least satisfying in its denouement. Certainly, this movie surprises more with a few scenes that are quite daring for the mid-sixties than with what I am reluctant to call a plot twist. However, with a likable cast and a generally old-school feel, it is still a very enjoyable watch.
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William Castle made very entertaining movies and it didn't even matter that they were such derivatives of Hitchcock, including the powerfully shocking twists, which aren't lacking here either. But I have to say that it was probably the only weak moment. Not that it wasn't surprising, but I was expecting a different plot direction at the end. If you're expecting some shocking moments, better ignore it. A few heads do get chopped off, but it all happens off-camera, or in one case in a millisecond, so don't really expect anything like the stabbing in Psycho. Joan Crawford gives a fantastic performance, stealing every scene for herself, though her film daughter is not far behind. My fourth William Castle film and probably the weakest, but still great fun.
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