Rent Strait-Jacket (1964)
3.4 of 5 from 71 ratings
1h 29min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Movie queen Joan Crawford gives a terrific performance in this chiller from pioneer horror movie producer William Castle. Crawford plays Lucy Harbin, a woman who goes berserk when she finds her husband in bed with another woman. With her three-year-old daughter accidentally witnessing the grisly act, Lucy axes the couple to death. She spends twenty years in a mental institution for the double murder. After she is released, she moves in with her brother, his wife and her own daughter, now twenty-three. Her nightmare is over...or is it? When a spate of ax murders start occurring suddenly in the neighbourhood, police think Lucy has reverted to her old ways. The truth is finally revealed in a rousing, blood-chilling finale. - Actors:
- Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John, John Anthony Hayes, Rochelle Hudson, George Kennedy, Edith Atwater, Mitchell Cox, Vicki Cos, Patricia Crest, Laura Hess, Howard Hoffman, Patty Lee, Lynn Lundgren, Lee Majors, Robert Ward
- Directors:
- William Castle
- Producers:
- William Castle
- Writers:
- Robert Bloch
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Old Age on Screen: Part 2, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 10/12/2018
- Run Time:
- 93 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with film historians Lee Gambin and Emma Westwood
- Mirror Images (2018, 28 mins): anew appreciation by Jonathan Rigby, author of American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema
- Joan Had Me Fired (2018, 7 mins): an interview with actor Anne Helm
- On the Road with Joan Crawford (2018, 7 mins): an interview with publicist Richard Kahn
- Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (2007, 15 mins): a documentary featuring interviews with actor Diane Baker and screenwriter Robert Bloch
- How to Plan a Movie Murder (1964, 5 mins): a short promotional film featuring star Joan Crawford, screenwriter Robert Bloch, and director William Castle
- Joan Crawford Wardrobe Tests (1964, 4 mins)
- Joan Crawford Axe Test (1964, 1 min)
- Super 8 version: original cut-down home cinema presentation, with unique narration
- Isolated music and effects track
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
