Directed by Silvio Narizzano (Georgy Girl, Loot) and produced by Hammer Films, the infamous British studio known for Gothic horror classics, Die! Die! My Darling! stars the legendary TalIulah Bankhead (Lifeboat, TV's Batman) in her final fiIm performance. She pIays the psychotic Mrs. Trefoile, a demented mother who terrorizes and imprisons her dead son's fiancée Pat (Stefanie Powers, TV's Hart to Hart, Stagecoach) to avenge her son's tragic death, with the help of her bumbIing gardener (DonaId Sutherland, lnvasion of the Body Snatchers, KIute, Don't Look Now). A domineering reIigious fanatic, Mrs. Trefoile grows obsessed with her Iate son's spirit, who died severaI years earIier in an auto wreck. When her son's former lover pays an unexpected visit, Mrs. TrefoiIe kidnaps the beautiful young woman, hoIding her hostage in the basement to "cleanse" her soul, so she can be reunited with her son in heaven. Trapped and tortured, Pat must fight for her life to escape. Die! Die! My DarIing! is a campy, cIassic thriIler fueled by Bankhead's deIiriousIy over-the-top turn as the uItimate Mother from HelI. |