Die! Die! My Darling!

1965

1h 37m

Horror

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10 Reviews

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Patricia Carroll (Stefanie Powers) is an American woman who travels to London to marry her boyfriend, Alan Glentower (Maurice Kaufmann). While there, Patricia stops by to visit Mrs. Trefoile (Tallulah Bankhead), the mother of her deceased ex-fiancé, intending to pay her respects. Upon arriving, however, Patricia discovers that Mrs. Trefoile's grief for her son has transformed her into a sociopath. When Mrs. Trefoile begins holding Patricia prisoner, she must find a way to escape.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/03/23

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Tallulah Bankhead — in her last movie — absolutely owns every scene she's in here, playing Mrs. Trefoile,the mother of Patricia Carroll's (Stefanie Powers) deceased fiance. As she comes to London, Patricia decides to get closure by visiting the old woman. Yet within a few scenes, she's now a captive of the hysterically religious woman and is due to be exorcised. Trefoile also has three servants — Harry (Peter Vaughan), Anna (Yootha Joyce) and Joseph (Donald Sutherland) — who are keeping our heroine away from the rest of the world, hiding her from her fiancee Alan Glentower (Maurice Kaufmann). Also known as Fanatic**, this is a strong entry in the psychobiddy genre that has Richard Matheson adapting Anne Blaisdell's novel Nightmare*. It was directed by Silvio Narizzano, who also made the Dennis Hopper and Carroll Baker movie Bloodbath and Georgy Girl. Nearly fifty years after making this movie, Stefanie Powers acted in Looped, a play based on a true story about Bankhead being inebriated and unable to loop the line, "Die! Die my darling!" for this film. The role was originated by Valerie Harper, who was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance despite the play closing after 33 performances. Harper played the role on the road until become sick with brain cancer. *One of the many names of Elizabeth Linington, who also wrote under her real name and the alter egos Lesley Egan, Egan O'Neill and Dell Shannon. **Bankhead sued Columbia Pictures when they retitled this for U.S. theaters.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Fun little thriller. How much you enjoy it depends upon how much you enjoy seeing tallulah Bankhead play an overly moralistic religious fanatic

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Not a bad little movie. While the music and camera angle choices can be jarring at times, its quite atmospheric and paranoid feeling. Bankhead has a blast as an out of her mind holy roller who has a rather untethered relationship with reality.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Known as Fanatic in the UK, this Hammer thriller is based on Nightmare by Anne Blaisdell, and adapted by Richard Matheson, author of I Am Legend (1954), and screenwriter of Tales of Terror (1962), The Raven (1963) and The Devil Rides Out (1968), and directed by Silvio Narizzano (Georgy Girl (1966)), this is a tense and unnerving thriller which is compelling and deadly. American woman Patricia Carroll (Stefanie Powers) comes to England to marry Alan Glentower (Maurice Kaufmann). Before she does, Patricia wants to visit Mrs. Trefoile (Tallulah Bankhead), whose son she was engaged to marry before his untimely death. Mrs. Trefoile lives in a near derelict house on the edge of a village with servants Harry (Peter Vaughn), Anna (Yootha Joyce) and Joseph (Donald Sutherland). However, Mrs. Trefoile is a religious fanatic, and she ends up blaming Patricia for her son's death. To the point where Patricia reveals that she wasn't going to marry her son, she takes Patricia prisoner, to try and cleanse her soul. It's a shocking film, and it's quite violent and heavy going for it's day. But it has a brilliant powerhouse performance by Bankhead, who wages hell upon Powers, and they make a brilliant pairing in the film. The result is one of the best thrillers made by Hammer, even though it didn't have their usual repertoire of actors on board.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Richard Matheson scripted this film that, on the surface, seems to be cashing in on the "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" fad of casting old, has-ben Hollywood actresses in gory horror films. Tallulah Bankhead takes on the Bette Davis/Joan Crawford has-ben role here, kidnapping and imprisoning Stefanie Powers to get revenge over the dead of her son, Powers' former fiancee. I know Tallulah has a devoted following, but I don't think I've seen her in anything else besides "Lifeboat" and "Stage Door Canteen." After seeing this film, I must say that I can certainly see why she has a following. She commands the screen in an over-the-top role as the scary matriarch (and religious zealot) of an oddball assortment of family and servants, including Donald Sutherland in his film debut as a creepy man-child. Like "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" this film has a good balance of camp and straight horror. This film is not up to that level, but it's a solid little thriller with a great final film appearance for Bankhead.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Silvio Narizzano

Director

Tallulah Bankhead

Mrs. Trefoile

Stefanie Powers

Patricia Carroll

Peter Vaughan

Harry

Maurice Kaufmann

Alan Glentower

Yootha Joyce

Anna

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One of the best of Hammer's psychological thrillers, mainly thanks to Richard Matheson's ingenious and terrifying script.

Jan 26, 2006

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A.H. Weiler

New York Times

The last time Miss Bankhead appeared in a film was in the 1953 Main Street to Broadway. Although she towers above the cast and story, her present effort adds little to her record.

Rated: 2/5

May 9, 2005

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Wendy Michener

Maclean's Magazine

If you like this sort of picture, it's worth seeing for Tallulah alone. She's terrific.

Jul 16, 2019

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TV Guide

Bankhead is superbly cast and performs far above par.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 10, 2007

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Jul 2, 2005

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Throw-away Tallulah Bankhead vehicle is a curiosity at best.

Rated: 1/5

May 31, 2005

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Synopsis

Patricia Carroll (Stefanie Powers) is an American woman who travels to London to marry her boyfriend, Alan Glentower (Maurice Kaufmann). While there, Patricia stops by to visit Mrs. Trefoile (Tallulah Bankhead), the mother of her deceased ex-fiancé, intending to pay her respects. Upon arriving, however, Patricia discovers that Mrs. Trefoile's grief for her son has transformed her into a sociopath. When Mrs. Trefoile begins holding Patricia prisoner, she must find a way to escape.

Director: Silvio Narizzano
Screenwriter: Richard Matheson
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2011
Runtime: 1h 37m

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