...remains fascinatingly warped: an extended study in decaying flesh, set to a score mordantly trying to break into Hooray for Hollywood.

The story involves sisters who were once movie stars, played by Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. The casting is one of the crucial successes of the film...

Davis and Crawford, enormously game, attack these great roles with everything they’ve got...

An obituary for Golden Age Hollywood, this is a savage satire on celebrity and the media-fuelled rivalry between stars Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.

...unik, fascinerande och ruskig och dess framgångar gjorde den till en inspirationskälla för en rad efterföljande thrillers och skräckfilmer.