Crawford stars in this Bloch-scripted (PSYCHO) tale of a crazed axe murderer. Released after spending 20 years in an mental institution for lopping the heads off her husband and his lover, Crawford returns home to her daughter, Baker, who witnessed the slayings as a three-year-old.
Shortly after her return, heads begin to roll again, with all the evidence pointing to Crawford, who begins to think she's gone insane. Although it's not particularly scary and relatively gimmick-free for a Castle film, STRAIT-JACKET is lent plenty of camp value by Crawford's swaggering,
suffering, self-parodying performance, as she pushes her established screen persona to new extremes. ...
Released:
1964
Rated:
NR
Length:
89 mins