Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

Cast

Shelley Winters

as Mrs. Forrest

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

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 "...

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