Talk about a quirky, rather odd, yet highly entertaining movie! While the over-all production has that made for TV movie "feel" to it, rolling out Ms. Bankhead to play the religious heretic was a stroke of genius. There's no rhyme or reason for the setting to take place in England, perhaps things just seem more scary over there. If nothing else, watching Bankhead torment poor Stephany Powers in her rundown house is reason enough to set your VCR on record mode. Bankhead could read the phone book and make it seem suspenseful, but poor Miss Powers on the other hand brings this movie down to the basement like a runaway elevator. Her "acting" ability improved in later years but here she seems just off her college stint of Li'l Abner. Early on, Powers seemed to have an English accent, yet she quickly drops that by the time she bids her fiancée ado. For the rest of the movie Stephany irritates and prances around the house wearing red outfits and lipstick when she should be running away from this psycho family and fast! Perhaps paying homage to the grand guignol that preceded this movie (or perhaps just ripping them off!) "Die, Die My Darling" delivers what it sets out to do in spite of its shortcomings.
Review of Die! Die! My Darling!
