What is the 'psycho biddy' genre?

Happy Halloween, biddies! Did you know there was once a trend of casting bygone starlets of Hollywood's golden age in exploitative horror films? Now you do! The 'psycho biddy', 'hagsploitation', 'hag horror', or 'grande dame guignol' film refers to a genre of horror/thriller films that took off after the success of the film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane. Films like Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte, What's the Matter with Helen, and Whoever Slew Auntie Roo rounded out this highly variable subgenre that was tailor made to be rediscovered by gay audiences several years later. Hagsploitation subverts classic Hollywood 'women's films' and offers something much darker-- and MUCH campier. Psycho biddy title generator: https://twitter.com/jane_mulcahy/stat... Check out my Patreon for bonus content: https://patreon.com/JaneMulcahy?utm_m... 00:00 - Introduction 5:24 - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 8:31 - Dead Ringer 10:27 - Strait-Jacket 13:47 - Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte 16:24 - Die! Die! My Darling 19:11 - Berserk 23:30 - What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? 26:05 - How Awful About Allan 29:58 - Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? 32:45 - What's the Matter With Helen? 39:14 - Conclusion Twitter:   / jane_mulcahy   Instagram:   / jxnecm   Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/janemulch/