Picture Mommy Dead

Picture Mommy Dead (1966)

See terror catch fire!

Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a new wife, who has only married him for the money left to him by his dead wife. Susan is still haunted by her mother's memory, and her step-mother is conspiring with her lover to get the troubled girl to lead them to her mother's missing diamond necklace.

Date of release
1966-11-02
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Director
Bert I. Gordon

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Los Angeles

Picture Mommy Dead is a 1966 American psychological horror film directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring Don Ameche, Martha Hyer, Susan Gordon, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. It follows Susan Shelley, a young girl who, after being released from a mental institution following her mother Jessica's death, begins to experience strange events in the family's mansion.

Production

Gene Tierney was originally announced for a lead role and Hedy Lamarr was signed to support Don Ameche and Martha Hyer. However, Lamarr was fired from the film when she collapsed during filming from nervous exhaustion. She was replaced by Zsa Zsa Gabor.

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