Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Aiden Melton The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

mark.waltz There were dozens of low-budget programmers like this made in Hollywood through the 1930's and 40's where an aging matriarch or patriarch was concerned that some greedy family member was out to bump them off and summoned the entire family home. That's exactly what transpires here with three-time Oscar Winner Walter Brennan begging his four estranged daughters to come back for Christmas, concerned that his second wife (Julie Harris) is slowly poisoning him. The dour Harris has great reason to be so severe; If you were being accused of attempted murder and had already been through the same situation with your first spouse, ending up in a mental institution, you'd be dour, too.The daughters are sensible oldest Eleanor Parker, self-centered Jill Haworth, substance abuser Jessica Walter and innocent baby Sally Field. Parker is already home when the others arrive, and with the glimpse of Harris standing on a staircase in the background, looking very much like Judith Anderson in "Rebecca", you know that the distrust between the step-family members is incredibly high. Brennan, decades after winning his last of three Oscars, is incredibly spry as the mostly bedridden octogenarian, while Harris is quietly mysterious as a possible black widow.These four daughters are not at all alike in anyway, and they seem like they are from different parents. Parker is cool, calm, and collected, the epitome of reason, while Haworth, having lost count on how many marriages she's been through, is coldly distant from any relationship with both her father and her sisters. Walters is the most pathetic of the three, a far cry from her character in the previous year's "Play Misty For Me". Young Sally is obviously vulnerable and scared, unsure what to believe about Harris who tries to reach out to her. This leads up to some frightening sequences where the siblings find their lives in danger, and the carnage is pretty violent for being a "movie of the week" from the beginning of that genre.Don't expect a happy holiday for the melodrama here, as nobody is happy to be home for the holidays. Don't expect Gidget or Sister Bertril from the young Sally who was preparing for more dramatic parts which lead her to the big screen and two Oscars for what she famously described as "an unorthodox career". The denouncement of the finale is somewhat forced, giving one of the stars a chance to show their ability of melodramatic over-acting. But when you've got a cast like this, you've got a film that can't be missed.

jjnxn-1 Enjoyably outlandish made for TV movie. The plot is nothing new, just another rehash of the danger in the old creaky house thriller. What really is of interest in this is the cast. The great thing about these television films from the 60's and 70's is the ability they had to pull together high quality performers that you normally wouldn't see cast together. While this one manages to gather an awesome group of actresses the absurdity of casting them as sisters and Julie Harris as their stepmother, since none of them favor each other in the least nor Walter Brennan who is supposed to be their father, is a head scratcher. To add fuel to this particular fire is the fact that Sally Field and Eleanor Parker had just played mother and daughter the previous year in Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring. Fun in an absurd way but not believable for a minute.

acidburn-10 The plot = Four sisters are summoned back to they're family home by their sick father who suspects that his current wife is slowly poisoning him Though the sisters disagree on the validity of their Father's rantings, it soon becomes clear that someone wants to silence the girls as well! But who could it be? There's nothing like a good murder at Christmas time. An old Gothic mansion, mystery and suspense are all the makings for a good horror, in this early 70's TV movie. Although not bloody or gory, it's the performances that makes this movie work, especially from the 4 sisters, we get Alex played beautifully by Eleanor Parker whose the oldest sister who watches over her three younger siblings ever since they're mother died, then we have the party girl Jo (Played by British Actress Jill Haworth), Freddie the tragic pill popping alcoholic whose never got over her mother's death (A wonderfully hammy performance by Jessica Walter) and the youngest sister the sweet naive Christine (Played by Sally Field) who would go on to bigger and better things. We also have Julie Harris who plays the step mother who was once accused of poisoning her last husband, could she be doing it again.The dark eerie settings of the mansion and the tension between the sisters really makes this movie work mixes up the horror/thriller themes of the 50's and 60's and before (old dark house; sibling rivalry; American Gothic; grand inheritances and murderous motives) and what was to become the slasher standards of the 80's. Sally Field makes a wonderful heroine like when she's getting stalked in the hoods by someone with a pitchfork and yellow raincoat. This movie was very low budget and it does show in some parts and also, this movie does get quite boring at times, but other than that, this relatively unknown thriller makes for good viewing.

John Seger This movie is filled with so many guilty pleasures and over the top moments,it's a genuine classic! Produced by Aaron Spelling, the film carries a "Melrose Place" type campiness,and a lot of fun to watch. After their father sends them a letter saying his wife is trying to poison him, the four sisters return home for Christmas,and are stalked by a pitchfork happy psychopath. Jill Haworth is gorgeous and gives a deliciously bitchy performance,which is a different type of character than she usually plays. Sally Field is excellent as the "good" sister,and Jessica Walter's boozing and pill popping moments are even more over the top than her performance in "play misty for me". Hysterical stuff! Julie Harris,James Dean's love interest in the film classic "East of Eden" is also excellent as the wicked step-mother,who may or may not actually be the wicked one! GREAT FILM!