Ruby

Ruby (1977)

Christened in blood. Raised in sin. She's sweet sixteen, let the party begin!

Ruby Claire, single mother of deaf-mute teenager Leslie, operates a drive-in theater, where she employs a number of ex-cons, some of whom begin to die in bizarre ways. Eventually, Ruby discovers that the spirit of her dead mobster husband has possessed Leslie, seeking revenge through the tormented girl. As Leslie picks off her father's former associates, she also begins to target Ruby herself.

Date of release
1977-06-23
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (31)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Horror
Director
Curtis Harrington

Casting

Interesting facts

Ruby is a 1977 American supernatural horror film directed by Curtis Harrington, and starring Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, and Roger Davis. Its plot follows a former gun moll in 1951 Florida who operates a drive-in theater, where bizarre supernatural occurrences begin to plague her staff of ex-mobsters as well as her mute daughter.

Production

Principal photography of Ruby began in Los Angeles in September 1976. The film's working title was Blood Ruby.

The film playing in the drive-in, the cult classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, was released in 1958.

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