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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 0759731410724 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Henstooth Video Languages: Manufacturer: Henstooth Video MPN: D4107D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Henstooth Video Release Date: May 01, 2007 Running Time: 107 minutes Studio: Henstooth Video Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1976 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Paula Sheppard is Alice, a pouty, petulant problem child at that awkward age living with her precocious little sister Karen (Brooke Shields) and single mom. When Karen is murdered during her first communion and Alice takes her place in line, suspicion immediately falls on her. Then a diminutive killer in a yellow slicker and opaque mask continues the reign of terror, and Alice's estranged father takes up the investigation to prove her innocence. Director Alfred Sole has acknowledged a debt to Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now, but Alice, Sweet Alice is really in the Hitchcock mold, a stylish, smartly executed psychological suspense thriller. The violence is rarely graphic but often grueling and always harrowing, and the deaths reverberate through the film in genuine and sometimes hysterical outpourings of grief. Even when Sole reveals the killer's identity in a startling moment halfway through (à la Vertigo), the tension never lets up. The original title of the film, Communion, better captures the Catholic elements of guilt, sacrifice, and redemption that become central to the film (another tip to Hitchcock). Only a couple of grotesque caricatures (notably an obese pedophile landlord) and a few rough moments (largely special effects scenes, likely due to budgetary constraints) mar this otherwise intelligent and well executed thriller. The DVD also features an insightful commentary track by director Alfred Sole and editor Edward Salier and an alternate credits sequence (identical but for the film's title), as well as brief biographies and filmographies and a stills gallery. --Sean Axmaker Description: When ten-year-old Karen (Brooke Shields) is killed in church on the occasion of her first communion, her seemingly innocent older sister Alice (Paula Sheppard) becomes the prime suspect. Matters become complicated as more of Alice's family members are attacked, along with residents of her apartment building. Can a twelve-year-old girl be capable of such mayhem, or is someone else with a vicious plan destroying her family? ALICE SWEET ALICE features a surprising amount of bloodletting along with a heavy dose of Catholic iconography. This was the first (albeit brief) screen appearance for Shields. The film is alternately known as Communion and Holy Terror. Special Features Include Commentary by Director Alfred Sole & Film Editor Edward Salier and Photo Gallery. Presented in Letterboxed format (Aspect Ratio 1.85:1) Average Rating:
 Rating: - Alice Sweet AliceI,m watchibg Alice Sweet Alice for the first time. I'm at the scene where she is hooked up to a lie detector after "Alice stabs her Aunt or does she? This is on top of my list of favorite horror films. This movie is very interesting. It's funny when alice drops the lie detector machine on the floor LOL, and the guy says "That little bitch is dumping your machine on the floor". Great film..i recomened everyone who like good suspence, horror and humor to watch it or better yet buy the DVD. Rating: - Alice Sweet AliceThis horror story gets your attention right away. You want to find out what happens since you see Brooks Shields name in the credits. She is around for a while but is gone before the ending credits. Her 1st film I believe. She has a presence even at her young age in this flick. Good to see if for nothing else a historic moment in an actor's filmography(shields). Rating: - Cuts deep to the heart...This 1976 classic pre-slasher flick holds a special place in my heart. There are certain weak spots in the special effects or acting in spots, but over all this is a terrific horror movie. A pre-teen Brooke Shields is marvelous in her cinematic debut role as the ill-fated Karen who is killed a half-hour or so into the movie at her first Communion. Best actress honors (in this flick, anyway) should be awarded to the 13-year-old Paula Sheppard, who is extraordinary in the title role: Alice, the ... Read More Rating:  - boringI got tired of all the incessant complaining and screaming on the part of most of the characters. It is so bad, that I cringed when someone got killed. Not because of how they died or why . . . but because of all the non-stop hollering. Both killers dress the same, right down to the gloves. Come on. Lame. I thought about giving this movie two stars for pitty sake, but I just can't bring myself to do it. Skip this one. Rating: - Neglected horror gem This movie was originally shown in my native UK as Communion and has also been issued under the title Holy Terror .For my money these are better titles as they convey the religious theme which underpins the movie . One note of caution at the outset-while Brook Shields gets top billing on the box she is not the star and her character dies inside 10 minutes of the start .The real star of this edgy and dark movie is Paula Shepherd in the title role . The setting is Patterson,New ... Read More |
