"Since Aunt Ada Came To Stay" is one of the very best NG's, with Jeanette Nolan's very scary Aunt Ada one of the most fearlessly determined little old ladies you may be sorry you ever knew about. Director Jerrold Freedman and the editor really keep the story going, and Freedman comes up with some great visual ideas and gimmicks (Love Nolan peering down from the staircase), though some of the sound effects are questionable.
Farentino's work here is oddly touching, and he conveys a rational man who puts his bedrock beliefs aside to save his wife. Michelle Lee doesn't get to do much but She's typically beautiful and believable in her acting. The story's one big flaw is that the husband discovers real evidence of Aunt Ada's plan (and that She is really NOT Aunt Ada) but acts like he has no evidence.
To me the light touch on the ending has an effective, dreamlike quality. There is something primal and perhaps ill advised about this material: it plays on our fear of old women that for many may go back to childhood. Still, if you are looking for a scare, Nolan (who was Orson Welles's Lady McBeth) can hardly be topped!
Farentino's work here is oddly touching, and he conveys a rational man who puts his bedrock beliefs aside to save his wife. Michelle Lee doesn't get to do much but She's typically beautiful and believable in her acting. The story's one big flaw is that the husband discovers real evidence of Aunt Ada's plan (and that She is really NOT Aunt Ada) but acts like he has no evidence.
To me the light touch on the ending has an effective, dreamlike quality. There is something primal and perhaps ill advised about this material: it plays on our fear of old women that for many may go back to childhood. Still, if you are looking for a scare, Nolan (who was Orson Welles's Lady McBeth) can hardly be topped!