Who doesn't love an older woman scorned and out for revenge or something even worse? That's what the Psycho Biddie genre brings to life, and it's become one of my favorites in the horror canon. Today, I want to look at the best versions of this kind of movie and talk about what makes them special. Let's dive in. 1. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)The quintessential psycho-biddy film, this masterpiece casts two real-life Hollywood rivals, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, as the Hudson sisters. Davis is the former child star "Baby Jane" Hudson, who torments her wheelchair-bound sister Blanche (Crawford). This movie is the gold standard for the genre. 2. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)Another Robert Aldrich classic, this film was initially intended to reunite Davis and Crawford, but Olivia de Havilland ultimately stepped into the role opposite Davis. It has all the tropes, with a decaying starlet and a decrepit Louisiana mansion that's falling apart at is center. 3. Sunset Boulevard (1950)This movie came out well before all the others, and sort of laid the groundwork for the genre. You can look back and see where it began with Gloria Swanson's iconic portrayal of forgotten silent film star Norma Desmond. Her desperate longing for a comeback, juxtaposed against a writer falling out of favor in the biz, is central to one of the greatest movies of all time. 4. Strait-Jacket (1964)Penned by the same writer as Psycho, this film stars Joan Crawford as a woman released from an...
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