Alice, Sweet Alice

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Alice, Sweet Alice

R

Released Nov 13, 1976

1h 42m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Favorite daughter Karen (Brooke Shields) is viciously strangled and set afire in church on the day of her First Communion, and suspicion falls on her jealous and emotionally unstable sister, Alice (Paula E. Sheppard). When the girls' aunt, Annie (Jane Lowry), is later stabbed on an apartment complex stairway, Alice is sent away. But the attacks continue, prompting priest Father Tom (Rudolph Willrich) and Alice's dad, Dominick (Niles McMaster), to go in search of the real killer.

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Critics Consensus

Alice, Sweet Alice offsets some of its more ludicrous elements with campy slasher thrills and a dazzlingly macabre atmosphere.

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Possibly the closet American relation to an Italian giallo.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 20, 2005

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

...the writing is sub-par, most of the performances are campy bad (as opposed to campy good) and the scares are pretty minimal. I’m not even sure I get the cult status surrounding it.

Rated: D

Feb 17, 2025

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...increasingly tedious and tiresome...

Rated: 1/4

Aug 8, 2021

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

While its plotting sashays into the ludicrous, with its campiness always underlined by a queasy peculiarity, Alice, Sweet Alice is a captivating exercise in the macabre.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 13, 2020

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A flop upon its original release, Alice, Sweet Alice has since been saved from complete irrelevance by film scholars and cultists, even if it still doesn't quite enjoy the reputation it deserves.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 10, 2019

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C.H. Newell

Father Son Holy Gore

Prominently placing Catholic iconography in certain frames, Sole does violence to the idea that Christ is the redeemer of anything; least of all our sins.

Rated: 4.5/5

May 4, 2019

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Audience Member

It’s somewhat enjoyable but overly campy and irritating.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/25

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Farah R

Suspenseful and shocking, this campy horror movie offers an intriguing mystery that’s only outdone by a crazy plot twist. It’s also weirdly acted and slightly annoying.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/22/25

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nick s

It was looking quite promising in the first half, with great acting, nice pacing and compelling drama. I really enjoyed it. The characters acted a little oddly at times but I was expecting that to be explained later. However in the second half the writer gave it a plot twist that felt improbable and cheap. It would have been better to stick with the main antagonist.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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Jithin K

A gothic slasher that has a lot to say even with its campy tone and simple enough plot. The way almost everyone behaves in this movie is so annoying and unlikeable but you can't deny a lot of people are really like this which makes the themes strong even when the movie tries some ridiculous stuff that's kind of hilarious at times. However, the way it approaches sexuality, like a lot of older films that do that with young characters just feels like plain creepy writing and direction. I was glad that it wasn't the bigger focus and moved on to the other stuff. I wish I had seen this film in better quality because it felt like there was some visual stuff that would've been a lot more striking if I had.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/17/24

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Alec B

A surprisingly thoughtful slasher. Even as it indulges in genre conventions the movie examines how high minded notions about the goodness of other people and the power of faith are ultimately fruitless when confronted by true evil.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/28/24

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Valerii Ege D

It is a very interesting horror movie that hides who the killer is well, reveals a powerful maniac towards the end, and perfects the story with the presence of Paula E. Sheppard. I couldn't get enough of watching the character Alice. The film's unpredictable nervous breakdowns keep the pace constantly high while watching characters disturbed by each other.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/30/23

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Synopsis

Favorite daughter Karen (Brooke Shields) is viciously strangled and set afire in church on the day of her First Communion, and suspicion falls on her jealous and emotionally unstable sister, Alice (Paula E. Sheppard). When the girls' aunt, Annie (Jane Lowry), is later stabbed on an apartment complex stairway, Alice is sent away. But the attacks continue, prompting priest Father Tom (Rudolph Willrich) and Alice's dad, Dominick (Niles McMaster), to go in search of the real killer.

Director: Alfred Sole
Producer: Richard K. Rosenberg
Screenwriter: Rosemary Ritvo, Alfred Sole
Production Co: Harristown Funding
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 13, 1976, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 14, 2017
Runtime: 1h 42m

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