Synopsis
Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. When Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to turn toward Alice. But could a 12-year-old girl really be capable of such savagery?
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Cast
- Linda MillerCatherine Spages
- Mildred ClintonMrs. Tredoni
- Paula E. SheppardAlice Spages
- Niles McMasterDom Spages
- Jane LowryAunt Annie DeLorenze
- Rudolph WillrichFather Tom
- Michael HardstarkDetective Spina
- Alphonso DeNobleMr. Alphonso
- Gary AllenJim DeLorenze
- Brooke ShieldsKaren Spages
Recommandations
- 88
Slant Magazine
Alice, Sweet Alice conflates the angst of adolescent sexual development with the fury of Catholic retribution, suggesting at times an analog version of David Fincher’s Se7en. - 80
Time Out
Far more than a sterile exercise in suspense: Communion constantly keeps the audience on its toes with a wealth of incidental detail, excellent set pieces and technical versatility. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
An excellent low-budget horror film from director Sole, whose impressive grasp of filmmaking technique and eye for the grotesque keeps the viewer on edge throughout the movie. - 70
The New York Times
Mr. Sole, whose first feature this is, knows how to direct actors, how to manipulate suspense and when to shift gears: the identity of the killer is revealed at just that point when the audience is about to make the identification, after which the film becomes less of a horror film than an exercise in suspense. - 50
Washington Post
A mannered, gratuitous exercise in Grand Guignol dreadfulness that was made by and with unknowns. [03 June 1978, p.B6]
