Mrs Rosie Forrest, aka 'Auntie Roo', has a holiday tradition of inviting orphans to her mansion for a party. But Roo isn't completely sane; she lost her husband and is obsessed with her deceased daughter, whose corpse she still keeps in the house. When Katy Coombs sneaks into the party with her brother, Christopher, the deranged biddy abducts the young girl with the hopes of replacing her daughter.

Shelley Winters
as Mrs Rosie Forrest / 'Auntie Roo'

Mark Lester
as Christopher Coombs

Chloe Franks
as Katy Coombs

Ralph Richardson
as Mr Benton

Lionel Jeffries
as Police Insp. Willoughby

Hugh Griffith
as Mr Harrison, The Pigman

Rosalie Crutchley
as Miss Henley

Pat Heywood
as Dr Mason

Judy Cornwell
as Clarine

Michael Gothard
as Albie
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Shelley Winters is super in this oddball horror. She ("Mrs. Forrest") invites ten young children into her mansion-cum-orphanage one Christmas - desperate to fill the void left by the death of her young daughter Katherine. Two children who did not get invited - "Katy" (Chloe Franks) and her brother "...