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Strait Jacket

Joan Crawford (Actor), Diane Baker (Actor), William Castle (Director) | Format: DVD
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Poor Joan Crawford just can't get a break. She hacks her husband to pieces and is sent away to a mental hospital; then after she comes back and tries to adjust to a normal life, there's more ax-swinging and more noggins rolling. Her pretty sculptress daughter (Diane Baker) just wants Mom to return to society and a happy, well-adjusted life... or does she? The plot is a little trite and predictable, the direction a bit staid, but it's all Joan's show anyway. Obviously director William Castle told her to play up her character's insanity, and Crawford turns the knob on the acting meter up to 10, then breaks it off and throws it away. She spectacularly mugs her way through the whole film, abruptly changing from severe schoolmarm to trampy vamp and back again several times. The scene where Mom meets her daughter's fiancée for the first time is particularly memorable; Mom guzzles half an iced-tea glass full of bourbon, then crawls all over the boyfriend while the viewer squirms uncomfortably. Back in '64, lucky moviegoers were given little cardboard axes when this feature made its run in the theaters. Sadly, the cardboard axes are long gone, but this is still highly recommended for fans of Crawford, Castle, and high-powered thespianism in general. --Jerry Renshaw

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4.0 out of 5 stars Joan Crawford as Norman Bates Feb 6 2004
By Edward Torpy
Format:DVD
When William Castle (the director of the gimmick classics "The Tingler" and "13 Ghosts") saw Psycho, he liked it so much that he hired the writer (Robert Bloch) to create this gem. Unlike most of Castle's other famous movies, this one doesn't really have a cheesy gimmick, unless you count Joan Crawford decapitating people with an axe as a gimmick. Yes it has definite camp value, but it's a surprisingly well made horror movie that contains many genuinely suspenseful scenes. Joan Crawford's over-the-top performance in this movie is a great example of why she has such a strong cult following today.

The DVD is enhanced for widescreens and the print is in very good condition. Although the audio is only mono, it sounds very good. The DVD also contains a very good documentary on the making of this movie titled "Battle Axe".

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mommy Dearest Loses her head, and so does everyone else! Mar 10 2004
By Adam Bernstein
Format:DVD
This was Joan Crawford's big comeback film and she puts her all into this Camp Classic! If she doesn't get her way heads will roll. Written by Psycho creator Robert Bloch and directed by William Castle, Crawford gives an Academy Award performance in this B horror film. Her daughter played by Diane Baker takes her in after Lucy Harbin (Crawford) gets out of a mental ward after having chopped off the 6,000,000 dollar man's head (Lee Majors).
When her doctor (played by a non-actor Pepsi executive) comes to take her back to the asylum axes and heads again meet each other. We even get some good scenes with a young and non-fat George Kennedy as a lowlife who does his own take on Marie Antoinette.
The DVD version has some classic head-chopping outtakes as well as a "making of Straitjacket" short.
This was 1963 and though the plot and especially the "twist" ending is ridiculous its got some good surrealism that proved a harbinger of better films later in the decade. If you want to see one of the most hilarious Camp Classics this is the one. If you want to see Crawford in a great performance in a less than great role here it is.
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4.0 out of 5 stars MOTHER AND DAUGHTER Jan 29 2004
By Michael Butts TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
In watching this movie for the first time in almost 40 years, I found myself wondering why I liked it the first time around and again in re-watching. Joan Crawford was undoubtedly a "star" in the truest sense of the word; in the special features, William Castle and Diane Baker both confirm the many demands and conditions Ms. Crawford placed on the film. Her performance is definitely camp, but watching her play someone yearning for her youth, it hit home how Crawford's real life was shaping into the fall of a movie goddess.
But in the film, notice the strength Crawford and Baker give in their reunion. Without a word, the two actresses strongly display the range of emotions they are both feeling.
Diane Baker, who unlike one reviewer mentioned, had to this point played the innocent young ingenue, e.g. Best of Everything, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and in this one, she capitalizes on this innocence, so that when the venom comes, it's quite a transition. Seeing a young Lee Majors in his pre Big Valley days just reminds me how much time has elapsed!
Castle's films were gawdy, manipulative, but above all, they were entertaining.
Joan Crawford and Diane Baker are to be commended for rising above the inevitable and making this a classic camp film.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, embarassing, and ultimately sad.
Strait-Jacket was one of my very first Joan Crawford movies. I had seen The Damned Don't Cry, Mildred Pierce, and Baby Jane by the time I was 11 and was absolutely in love with... Read more
Published on Oct 31 2003 by Joan Crawford
5.0 out of 5 stars Divine Madness... but she's not ashamed.
Joan's 1960's outout is generally fabulous because it's just so bad, with the notable exception of the eponymous Whatever happened to Baby Jane? Read more
Published on Oct 7 2003 by Review Lover
5.0 out of 5 stars big fan
Being a Joan Crawford fan I really enjoyed this movie! Of course it doesn't have all the action and effects of horror films today but it is good and simple and fun to watch! Read more
Published on Mar 7 2003 by F. Lafayette
5.0 out of 5 stars GIVE ME BACK ME AXE!!!
Lurid little yarn! Joan Crawford plays Lucy Harbin, a woman who seeks revenge on her two-timing husband and his girlfriend by chopping them to death in bed with an axe! Read more
Published on Feb 12 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars You go, Joan!
As a long-time Joan Crawford fan, I used to stay away from the films she made in the 1960s and onward because I tended to think of them as "embarrassments to a brilliant career"... Read more
Published on Feb 7 2003
4.0 out of 5 stars A Sequel To "Baby Jane" Without Miss Blanche!
Oh this film is just too much to bear! It is such a classic that Crawford weidling an axe is now a common T-shirt icon! Crawford over-acts as usual and it's wonderful! Read more
Published on Nov 15 2002 by Martin A Hogan
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything that's great about filmmaking
This movie is pure camp fun. Joan is over the top and perfect. The match-lighting off of the record is the high point of the film for me. But seriously, this is a great DVD. Read more
Published on Nov 6 2002 by "dshoffmann"
5.0 out of 5 stars SWING ALONG WITH JOAN.....
I gave this movie 5 stars for two reasons: William Castle and Joan Crawford. What a combo! And the movie's pretty good too. Read more
Published on Sep 15 2002 by Mark Norvell
4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, you just got to have it
It's so bad, it's brilliant actually. Crawford's ambition to work in her later years meant doing these kind of flicks, but it's actually worth owning for many reasons. Read more
Published on Sep 3 2002 by William
5.0 out of 5 stars 100% Camp
Joan Crawford at her best and worst!! The movie is so enjoyable dated. The bonus features of Crawford in costume tests is great to see. Read more
Published on May 5 2002 by M. Bell
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