Loosely adapted from the 1940 play and 1941 film ladies in retirement the mad room is a slow building sinister thriller that explores themes of insanity and mistrust.
The mad room 1969.
Stylistically it combines traditional noir ish cinematography with occasional new wave elements like jumbled overlapping dialogue and splashes of paint red blood.
The mad room 1969 plot.
Movie info ellen hardy stella stevens gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave their mental institution.
As children they were put there after.
Remake of 1941 s ladies in retirement has stella stevens playing companion to wealthy loony widow and she soon brings her brother and sister to live with them after they are released from an asylum for brutally murdering their parents years before.