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What's the Matter with Helen?
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })What's the Matter with Helen? is a 1971 horror thriller film directed by Curtis Harrington made to cash in on the growing trend of mentally unstable older women horror stories ("psycho-biddies") — usually starring a now-aged leading lady from The Golden Age of Hollywood. This film's candidate is Shelley Winters, co-starring alongside Debbie Reynolds.The plot concerns two women in the 1930s - ambitious Adelle Bruckner (Reynolds) and mild-mannered Helen Hill (Winters). Their sons have just been convicted for the murder of another woman. The two decide to flee the gossip, change their names and start over. Adelle opens a dance school for wannabe child actresses in Hollywood, where Helen plays the piano. At first everything seems to be going great; plenty of students, lots of exposure, and Adelle even makes a love connection. But then of course we find out what's really the matter with Helen.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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Bloodier and Gorier: This film was (for its time) more graphic than What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, which relied more on Gothic Horror. It would have been even more graphic but it was toned down at the request of the censors. | |
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Big Fancy House: Linc naturally has one. | |
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Advertised Extra: Agnes Moorhead's name is on the poster, and she only appears in one scene towards the end. Aside from her voice being heard on the radio. | |
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Affably Evil | |
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Affably Evil: Helen is so cheerful and happy as she performs the routine with Adelle's dead body. | |
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Psycho Lesbian | |
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According to the director and actress, Helen is meant to be a repressed lesbian, but it was toned down at the request of the censors. Given what happens towards the end this makes her a Psycho Lesbian too. | |
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Ambiguously Gay | |
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Ambiguously Gay: According to the director and actress, Helen is meant to be a repressed lesbian, but it was toned down at the request of the censors. Given what happens towards the end this makes her a Psycho Lesbian too. More superficially Mr Starr - the camp, flamboyant elocution teacher at the school. | |
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Accidental Murder | |
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Accidental Murder: Helen accidentally kills a stranger by pushing him down the stairs. | |
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