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Ruby

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A woman with a shady past, Ruby Claire (Piper Laurie) is the single mother of Leslie (Janit Baldwin), a teenager who is deaf and mute. Ruby operates a drive-in movie theater and employs a number of ex-criminals, some of who start to die in bizarre ways. Eventually, Ruby discovers that the spirit of her dead mobster husband has possessed Leslie and is seeking revenge through the tormented girl. As Leslie picks off her dad's former associates, she also begins to target Ruby herself.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 06/15/2018
3.5/4
Dick Bartlett's Ruby is one of the most bizarre films I've ever seen, and one of the funniest, and one of the saddest. Go to Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 08/22/2023
Ruby wants to be so many things at once that it ends up lacking a defined identity. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Augusto Martínez Torres El Pais (Spain) 08/06/2019
Aside from its humorous moments, Curtis Harrington never achieves a story attractive enough to overcome its contradictions. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 12/25/2014
B-
No matter how flawed, the horror pic is always watchable. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/19/2005
2/5
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) 02/16/2003
4/5
Effective horror film from an underrated specialist in the genre. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/03/2018 I created a Rotten Tomatoes account just to write this review. I can't believe this movie has an 80% on here. Don't believe these goofball critics - Ruby is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. See more 12/05/2015 Young mute daughter starts speaking in the voice of her father, who was murdered 16 years earlier in a mob hit. Several former mobsters at the girl's mom's legitimate drive-in business die in mysterious deaths. A paranormal psychologist tries to piece the phenomena together. Scenes copied from The Exorcist added to the entertainment value. See more 05/04/2015 Paranormal activity surrounds a Florida drive-in where a mobster was executed in a nearby swamp and returns for revenge using his now 16 year old daughter as a medium. It seems strange that Ruby hires her boyfriend's killers to help out at the drive-in after they get out of prison. Borrows elements liberally from THE EXORCIST toward the end. United VHS release disappointingly features the tv version with conversational scenes replacing those with violence. See more 10/10/2014 atmospheric horror not as generic as the standard for the genre,nice touches throughout loved the scene with ruby being whispered over the speaker system in the empty drive in,Piper Laurie is as Bananas as usual See more 04/12/2014 Another quickie knock-off in the bag--It doesn't work!! See more 09/20/2013 This was something of a low-rent Exorcist riff that really never gets scary, nor does much beyond some campy melodrama for my tastes. It's fairly forgettable, but if you're just dying to check it out I suppose I'd give it a *slight* rental recommend... Rental? See more Read all reviews
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Curtis Harrington

Director

Piper Laurie

Ruby Claire

Stuart Whitman

Vince Kemper

Janit Baldwin

Leslie Claire

Roger Davis

Dr. Paul Keller

Chrystin Sinclaire

Lila June

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Movie Info

Synopsis A woman with a shady past, Ruby Claire (Piper Laurie) is the single mother of Leslie (Janit Baldwin), a teenager who is deaf and mute. Ruby operates a drive-in movie theater and employs a number of ex-criminals, some of who start to die in bizarre ways. Eventually, Ruby discovers that the spirit of her dead mobster husband has possessed Leslie and is seeking revenge through the tormented girl. As Leslie picks off her dad's former associates, she also begins to target Ruby herself.
Director
Curtis Harrington
Producer
George Edwards
Screenwriter
Barry Schneider, George Edwards
Production Co
Dimension Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 23, 1977, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 22, 2019
Runtime
1h 24m
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