Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)

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Directed by Silvio Narizzano (Georgy Girl, Loot) and produced by Hammer Films, the infamous British studio known for Gothic horror classics, Die! Die! My Darling! stars the legendary Tallulah Bankhead (Lifeboat, TV's Batman) in her final film performance. She plays the psychotic Mrs. Trefoile, a demented mother who terrorizes and imprisons her dead son's fiancée Pat (Stefanie Powers, TV's Hart to Hart, Stagecoach) to avenge her son's tragic death, with the help of her bumbling gardener (Donald Sutherland, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Klute, Don't Look Now). A domineering religious fanatic, Mrs. Trefoile grows obsessed with her late son's spirit, who died several years earlier in an auto wreck. When her son's former lover pays an unexpected visit, Mrs. Trefoile kidnaps the beautiful young woman, holding her hostage in the basement to "cleanse" her soul, so she can be reunited with her son in heaven. Trapped and tortured, Pat must fight for her life to escape. Die! Die! My Darling! is a campy, classic thriller fueled by Bankhead's deliriously over-the-top turn as the ultimate Mother from Hell.