Monday, 1 May 2017

The Nanny (1965)

Before it succumbed to garish mod and technicolour excess in the 70s, the Hammer Film Productions company produced some psychological thrillers like this grotesque but clever, twisty-turny one starring Bette Davis as a no-nonsense Mary Poppins in a household scarred by tragedy - an uneasy peace in the home is shattered when the family's ten-year-old 'bad seed' of a son, Joey, is released from institutionalisation.

★★★★☆

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