Not a sequel to 1962's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, but an obvious attempt to duplicate Baby Jane's success with Davis once again playing a character haunted by the past until the last scene reveals the truth. Despite a classy production with a plot lifted from Gaslight and Diabolique and 7 Oscar nominations, Hush...Hush comes closer to Strait Jacket(63) than to Baby Jane. Davis and Moorehead are shameless, Davis' non-stop screeching becomes annoying, and Aldrich's direction drags out the cumbersome plot. Victor Buono, Mary Astor and a perfectly cast Olivia DeHaviland provide some compensation, but couldn't someone have taken a cleaver to Cecil Kellaway? Davis' fans will be pleased though I prefer The Nanny 1965, The Anniversary 1968 and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Review of Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
