Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964

2h 13m

Horror

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Forty years ago, on the night they were meant to elope, Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) found her lover decapitated during a party, the blood on her dress leading everyone to suspect she was the murderer. Now, in 1964, Charlotte is an old recluse and must fight to keep her home. She enlists the help of her cousin Velma (Olivia de Havilland), who was there at the time of the murder. However, soon after Velma's arrival, Charlotte's mind becomes unstable, and she starts seeing her dead lover's head.

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Peter John Dyer

Sight & Sound

Mar 31, 2020

Agnes Moorehead is no less brilliant than Miss Davis as the rawboned, ferret-eyed housekeeper.

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TIME Magazine

Oct 17, 2016

Aldrich piles on a series of scream-in-the-night shocks, the better to batten a script strikingly short of sneakier surprises.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

Over the top, of course, and not a lot to it, but it's efficiently directed, beautifully shot (Joseph Biroc), and contains enough scary sequences amid the brooding, tense atmosphere.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Apr 4, 2025

3/4

The best of the What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? knock-offs was arguably this atmospheric creepshow.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Dec 23, 2024

4/5

Davis brings a necessary pathos to Charlotte's plight, but it's de Havilland who is having a ball playing a vindictive ice queen.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

Dec 20, 2024

4/5

Bette Davis turns in another empathetic performance as a damaged Southern belle and de Havilland should play more villains because Hush...Hush is a hoot and a half.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Aug 27, 2025

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas de terror são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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alan g

@agenser Mar 14, 2025

One of the great psychological horror thrillers of all time. Scared me as a tween and still scares me now as an old fart. Great performances. Agnes Moorehead better than Bette Davis or De Havilland even though all are great.

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Michael S

@RT74590039 Dec 12, 2024

I saw this movie in 1965 at a Saturday matinee as a 3rd grader , and it scared the bee geebees out of me then . I still so dearly love this movie , and now it always makes me cry at the end. And even now just thinking about it. One of the greatest movies of all time , without a doubt.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Sep 27, 2024

Bette Davis is Charlotte, who was accused of killing her husband when they got married. She's rotting in her big rotting mansion when they come to take it from her. Update the effects and you have a great thriller.

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Luis M. D

@RT44148560 Jun 10, 2024

Good movie, although perhaps not as good as “Baby Jane” (1962).

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Alec B

@Alec97 Feb 26, 2024

Finds that Southern Gothic sweet spot located between camp and genuine drama. All the performances capture that tone perfectly.

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Synopsis

Forty years ago, on the night they were meant to elope, Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) found her lover decapitated during a party, the blood on her dress leading everyone to suspect she was the murderer. Now, in 1964, Charlotte is an old recluse and must fight to keep her home. She enlists the help of her cousin Velma (Olivia de Havilland), who was there at the time of the murder. However, soon after Velma's arrival, Charlotte's mind becomes unstable, and she starts seeing her dead lover's head.

Director: Robert Aldrich
Producer: Robert Aldrich
Screenwriter: Henry Farrell, Lukas Heller
Production Co: The Associates & Aldrich Company Inc.
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 15, 1964, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Dec 24, 1964
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Runtime: 2h 13m

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