Ageing sisters and faded actresses ‘Baby’ Jane (Davis) and Blanche Hudson (Crawford) live together in a decaying Hollywood mansion. As children, Jane was a vaudevillian child star and the more famous sibling – but as they grew up, Blanche’s career took off, while Jane’s became a footnote. Now, with Blanche confined to a wheelchair, a jealous and increasingly unhinged Jane wants revenge…

A poison-pen letter to Tinseltown that makes Sunset Boulevard look like a love note, the performances of two divas who violently detested one another make for a camp cult classic and one of Aldrich’s biggest hits.

F-Rated