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Alice, Sweet Alice (Communion) (1976)

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The shockingly brutal murder of a little girl in a church where she was just about to receive her first Communion sets a strong tone for terror in this disturbing horror film. The prime suspect in the death of Karen Spages (Brooke Shields) is her sister, Alice (Paula Sheppard), who happily tormented Karen by donning a mask and a raincoat to scare her. Comforting the grieving mother, Catherine Spages (Linda G. Miller), is her sister, Annie (Jane Lowry); local priest Father Tom (Rudolph Willrich);

R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

May 1, 2007

Allied Artists Pictures

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All Critics (8) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (1) | DVD (3)

It could be just another possessed-child movie. Or not. Mostly, it's a mystery movie, a whodunnit. ("Scream Theater: 12 Cheap Thrills. VCI Horror Marathon")

April 17, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Unfairly, a lot of people know it today because it features the big-screen debut of Brooke Shields.

April 17, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Sole develops a very strange atmosphere... [he] uses striking colors to punctuate the grim atmosphere, and occasionally an extremely wide angle will crop up to accentuate the feeling of unease; even the sound is tricky.

April 15, 2011 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

Every composition is more ornate than at first expected

October 10, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
CinePassion

Possibly the closet American relation to an Italian giallo.

April 20, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine
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Upon first viewing "Alice Sweet Alice" it comes across like you average Italian Gaillo/Slasher type film but as it slowly unfolds you begin to realize that it's an indictment of how religious fanaticism can effect the minds of those who are not that stable to begin with. It's these self-righteous fanatics who can

June 30, 2011
cancercapricorn2002
David Ladd

Super Reviewer

This is a very strange, creepy, scary movie about two young sisters and someone dressed up in a raincoat. It's a good horror movie.

September 6, 2010
ajv2688

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Foreign Titles

  • Communion - Messe des Grauens (DE)
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