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    Grande Dame Guignol

    Oh, I haven't forgotten DIE! DIE! MY DARLING!, I've just yet to see it. Tallulah personally preferred the British title FANATIC over the U.S. title she felt was just cheesy way of cashing-in on her own slang. I've heard positive feedback that Tallulah's quite good in the movie.
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    Grande Dame Guignol

    You know, I've seen some movies that are far worse than Castle's movies. Ed Wood made some dreadful movies that would make Castle's look like high art. And that's saying something. I can agree with you there. They are "fun" movies that you can sit back and enjoy. You don't have to think about...
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    Grande Dame Guignol

    LADY IN A CAGE is a pretty good movie. I watched it when Hulu had it on their line-up. It can get a little long-winded -- or at least to me -- but I liked it better than I thought I would. I'm not a big Olivia DeHavilland fan, so I always going into her movies with an iffy feeling. I've only...
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    Grande Dame Guignol

    Granted, these movies aren't for everyone. They have their fans, which are usually devoted, but the following is definitely niche. If so many of them weren't so bad, perhaps the following would be larger. I called it hag horror for years, before fully transitioning to Grande Dame Guignol...
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    Grande Dame Guignol

    I really like the term "Grande Dame Guignol" for this genre, even though I called "hag horror" for years. Psycho-biddy seems to prissy for me, and I think hagsploitation is too derogatory, even if some movies in the genre could classify as such. Of the ones I've seen so far: WHAT EVER...
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    Grande Dame Guignol

    Grande Dame Guignol (sometimes called hag horror, hagsploitation, and psycho-biddy) is a film sub-genre that combines elements of horror, thriller, and women's pictures. Films in this genre generally star previously glamorous aging female who has become unbalanced and frequently terrorizes those...
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