An engaging and disturbing thriller which casts Davis as a well-groomed and proper nanny who, underneath her facade, is really a psychotic killer. When 10-year-old Dix returns from a two-year stay in a home for disturbed children, he reacts coldly to Davis, whom he believes drowned his
sister (Aubrey) two years earlier. No one believed his story then; the blame was put on him, and he was institutionalized. Still no one believes him except for his teenage neighbor, Franklin. Dix refuses to eat any food Davis prepares, declines to use the room she prepared for him, and won't talk
to her. His mother is hospitalized for food poisoning (after eating one of Davis' specia...
Released:
1965
Rated:
NR
Length:
93 mins