
I Saw What You Did(1965)
Teenage friends Kit and Libby make prank phone calls for fun but then find themselves involved in a brutal double murder committed by one of their targets.


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

Joan Crawford
Lucy Harbin

Diane Baker
Carol Harbin

Leif Erickson
Bill Cutler

Howard St. John
Raymond Fields

John Anthony Hayes
Michael Fields

Rochelle Hudson
Emily Cutler

George Kennedy
Leo Krause

Edith Atwater
Mrs. Fields
Mitchell Cox
Dr. Anderson

Lee Majors
Frank Harbin (uncredited)
Strait-Jacket is a thriller, horror, drama film released in 1964 exploring themes of parent child relationship, asylum, axe murder, mother daughter reunion, proto-slasher, mother daughter relationship. Directed by William Castle, it stars Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson. 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.
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