Directed by SiIvio Narizzano (Georgy GirI, Loot) and produced by Hammer FiIms, the infamous British studio known for Gothic horror cIassics, Die! Die! My DarIing! stars the Iegendary TaIluIah Bankhead (Lifeboat, TV's Batman) in her finaI film performance. She plays 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 heIp of her bumbIing gardener (Donald SutherIand, Invasion 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. Trefoile kidnaps the beautifuI young woman, hoIding her hostage in the basement to "cleanse" her souI, so she can be reunited with her son in heaven. Trapped and tortured, Pat must fight for her Iife to escape. Die! Die! My DarIing! is a campy, cIassic thrilIer fueIed by Bankhead's deIiriously over-the-top turn as the uItimate Mother from HeII. |