Showing posts with label Alice Sweet Alice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alice Sweet Alice. Show all posts

Monday, January 27, 2025

Alice, Sweet Alice

On February 11, Arrow Video takes you to church with the cult classic Alice Sweet, Alice, which receives its global premiere on 4K UHD. Director Alfred Sole (Pandemonium) tapped a then-unknown Brooke Shields for her film debut in this bloody tale of religion and a dysfunctional family. The Limited Edition release features a brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and hours of special features.


The two Spages sisters are not getting along after their parents split. Karen (Brooke ShieldsPretty Baby) is the sweet younger sister who is always obedient for her recently divorced mother (Linda MillerOne Summer Love), and older sister Alice (Paula SheppardLiquid Sky) is not coping well in the aftermath of the divorce. She acts out by tormenting her younger sister, and scares Karen by wearing a yellow raincoat and a creepy translucent mask. The mother takes comfort in the nearby Catholic church and the guidance of Father Tom (Rudoph Willrich9 ½ Weeks). Right before Karen’s First Communion ceremony at the Catholic Church, something terrible happens. The suspect appears to be Alice in her raincoat and mask. Could she have done something this drastic to ruin her sister’s special day? 

The special features include presentations of three versions via seamless branching: Communion (original), Alice, Sweet Alice (theatrical) and Holy Terror (re-release); a new audio commentary with Richard Harland Smith; a vintage audio commentary with co-writer/director Alfred Sole and editor M. Edward Salier; video interviews with Alfred Sole, composer Stephen Lawrence and actor Niles McMaster; a tour of the locations from the movie; deleted scenes; an image gallery; a reversible sleeve; an illustrated collector’s booklet; a TV spot; and trailer.

Watch the trailer for Alice, Sweet Alice here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU2en24iAIs

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Friday, August 2, 2019

Film Buff Friday: Alice, Sweet Alice

About that time Brooke Shields got offed in a horror movie...
A young Brooke Shields meets an untimely end in this religious-themed proto slasher par excellence from director Alfred Sole. On the day of her first communion, young Karen (Brooke Shields) is savagely murdered by an unknown assailant in a yellow rain mac and creepy translucent mask. But the nightmare is far from over - as the knife-wielding maniac strikes again and again, Karen's bereaved parents are forced to confront the possibility that Karen's wayward sister Alice might be the one behind the mask. Bearing influences from the likes of Hitchcock, the then-booming Italian giallo film and more specifically, Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now, Alice, Sweet Alice is an absolutely essential - if often overlooked - entry in the canon of 1970s American horror.

Bonus Materials

  • Brand new 2K restoration of the theatrical version from the original camera negative
  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
  • Original uncompressed mono audio
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Brand new audio commentary with Richard Harland Smith
  • Archival audio commentary with co-writer/director Alfred Sole and editor Edward Salier
  • First Communion: Alfred Sole Remembers Alice, Sweet Alice - director Alfred Sole looks back on his 1976 classic
  • In the Name of the Father - brand new interview with actor Niles McMaster
  • Sweet Memories: Dante Tomaselli on Alice, Sweet Alice - filmmaker Dante Tomaselli, cousin of Alfred Sole, discusses his longtime connection to the film
  • Lost Childhood: The Locations of Alice, Sweet Alice - a tour of the original Alice Sweet Alice shooting locations hosted by author Michael Gingold
  • Alternate Holy Terror Television Cut
  • Deleted scene
  • Alternate Opening Titles
  • Trailer and TV Spot
  • Original screenplay
  • Image gallery

Sales Points

  • 80% Approval Rating on Rotten Tomatoes
  • Classic horror inspired by Nicolas Roeg's 'Don't Look Now' and the films of Alfred Hitchcock.
  • First motion picture role for Brooke Shields who went on to superstardom with 'Pretty Baby', 'The Blue Lagoon' and 'Endless Love'.

Press Quotes

A superior modern Gothic thriller
     —US Magazine
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