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Strait-Jacket

Strait-Jacket

Thriller · Horror · Drama · 1964

After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.

Movie details

Strait-Jacket

“WARNING! 'Strait-Jacket' vividly depicts ax murders!”

1964 Thriller · Horror · Drama 1h 33m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Strait-Jacket?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

William Castle

Written by

Robert Bloch

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Lucy Harbin

Diane Baker

Diane Baker

Carol Harbin

Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson

Bill Cutler

Howard St. John

Howard St. John

Raymond Fields

John Anthony Hayes

John Anthony Hayes

Michael Fields

Rochelle Hudson

Rochelle Hudson

Emily Cutler

George Kennedy

George Kennedy

Leo Krause

Court is in session

Put Strait-Jacket on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.