"If you survive this night... Nothing will scare you again."
The rust around the edges of Alfred Sole's Alice, Sweet Alice (no doubt a function of its low budget) does nothing to hinder its power to disturb. If anything, Sole's 1976 oddity benefits from the lack of polish. Every element - the characters (both good and bad), the sets, the overcast New Jersey environs, the subversive employment of Catholic iconography - feels covered in an imperishable patina of grime and depravity. By the time the film arrives at its unsettling conclusion, you'll probably feel that way too.
Film Rating: B/B-
Scare Factor: B-
View Date: 10/18
Shocktober Horror Film Count: #13
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