Curtis Harrington's "What's the Matter with Helen?" probably looks corny today. Even so, I derived that overall it deals with moral gray areas. Helen comes across as insane according to the clinical definition, but Adelle is insane in another sense: she's hellbent on fame and prestige at any cost. Large numbers of people moved to Hollywood in the hope of making it big but most likely saw their hopes dashed, as seen in "The Day of the Locust". One might call this movie a dark spin on "TDotL".
Aside from all that, it was interesting seeing Debbie Reynolds in this sort of movie. I'm used to seeing her in wholesome roles (or knowing her as the mother of a certain actress who played a certain princess in a galaxy far, far away). True, her character is the perky one in contrast to Shelley Winters's disturbed one, but when was the last time that you saw Debbie Reynolds in a movie dealing with murder? Agnes Moorehead's character is also a shocker. I'm used to seeing her as Endora on "Bewitched", but here she's an evangelist (although her character IS kind of a witch). Goody goody indeed.
In the end, the movie has sort of a silly feeling, but it's a very enjoyable movie. You might take some time to see it.
So yes, DID you ever see a dream walking or hear it talking?
PS, I recently got to meet Peggy Walton-Walker by pure chance. She told me that she appeared in an uncredited role in the scene with Agnes Moorehead. She also co-starred in "Pumpkinhead".
Aside from all that, it was interesting seeing Debbie Reynolds in this sort of movie. I'm used to seeing her in wholesome roles (or knowing her as the mother of a certain actress who played a certain princess in a galaxy far, far away). True, her character is the perky one in contrast to Shelley Winters's disturbed one, but when was the last time that you saw Debbie Reynolds in a movie dealing with murder? Agnes Moorehead's character is also a shocker. I'm used to seeing her as Endora on "Bewitched", but here she's an evangelist (although her character IS kind of a witch). Goody goody indeed.
In the end, the movie has sort of a silly feeling, but it's a very enjoyable movie. You might take some time to see it.
So yes, DID you ever see a dream walking or hear it talking?
PS, I recently got to meet Peggy Walton-Walker by pure chance. She told me that she appeared in an uncredited role in the scene with Agnes Moorehead. She also co-starred in "Pumpkinhead".