Alice, Sweet Alice
Welcome back to Horror By Harrison! This week I’m covering Alice, Sweet Alice (originally titled Communion and sometimes known as Holy Terror ). Luckily for you, faithful reader, this won’t include my entire horror origin story so this will be a little shorter than last week. Alice, Sweet Alice was directed by Alfred Sole, written by Rosemary Ritvo and Alfred Sole and was widely released on November 18th, 1977. Alice, Sweet Alice was made for a budget of $350,000 however Box Office Mojo doesn’t have any information about what it made at the Box Office. The film received mixed reviews upon release, with some critics praising the direction and screenplay and others condemning the violence and perceived anti-Catholic bias. Alice, Sweet Alice follows a troubled young woman named Alice (Paula Sheppard) who is suspected of killing her younger sister Karen (Brooke Shields). After a series of other murders the true killer is revealed to be Mrs. Tredoni (Mildred Clinton), the housekeeper ...