Hagsploitation in Classic Movies and Its Grande Dame Stars

Timestamped list of films below
Known as Hagsploitation, Psycho-Biddy, and the more elegant Grande Dame Guignol, there was a subgenre of movies primarily in the 60s and 70s in which middle-aged to elderly screen queens extended their careers in horror. While many found these roles demeaning to the actresses, these genre films would often effectively explore the anxiety, fear, frustration, and powerlessness a lot of these actresses, and women their age, felt in a society that either scorned or forgot them as they aged. They were also a great vehicle from them to cut loose with bold, unhinged, and often delightfully campy performances.
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Movies/Grande Dames in order of appearance
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Miriam Hopkins, Hollywood Horror House (1970)
Geraldine Page, What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
Olivia de Havilland and Bette Davis, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Shelley Winters, Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
Tallulah Bankhead, Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
Ruth Roman, The Baby (1973)
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Lana Turner, Persecution (1974)
Agnes Moorehead and Olivia de Havilland, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Shelley Winters, What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971)
Eleanor Parker, Eye of the Cat (1969)
Joan Crawford, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Eleanor Parker, Eye of the Cat (1969)
Miriam Hopkins, Hollywood Horror House (1970)
Eleanor Parker, Eye of the Cat (1969)
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Ruth Gordon and Geraldine Page, What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
Olivia de Havilland, Lady in a Cage (1964)
Eleanor Parker, Eye of the Cat (1969)
Olivia de Havilland, Lady in a Cage (1964)
Eleanor Parker, Eye of the Cat (1969)
Tallulah Bankhead, Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
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Miriam Hopkins, Hollywood Horror House (1970)
Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Miriam Hopkins, Hollywood Horror House (1970)
Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) (x2)
Miriam Hopkins, Hollywood Horror House (1970)
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Bette Davis, Joan Crawford What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) (x2)
Tallulah Bankhead, Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
Joan Crawford, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Barbara Stanwyck, The Night Walker (1964)
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Ava Gardner, Tam Lin (1970)
Miriam Hopkins, Hollywood Horror House (1970)
Lana Turner, The Big Cube (1968)
Bette Davis, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Veronica Lake, Flesh Feast (1970)
Miriam Hopkins, Hollywood Horror House (1970)
Lana Turner, Persecution (1974)
00:06:01
Shelley Winters, Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
Ruth Gordon and Geraldine Page, What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
Shelley Winters, What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971) (x2)
Geraldine Page, What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
Lana Turner, The Big Cube (1968)
Geraldine Page and Ruth Gordon, What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
00:07:01
Olivia de Havilland Bette Davis, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Miriam Hopkins, Hollywood Horror House (1970)
Tallulah Bankhead, Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) (x2)
Bette Davis, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
00:08:04
Olivia de Havilland, Lady in a Cage (1964)
Joan Crawford, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Olivia de Havilland, Lady in a Cage (1964)
Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Shelley Winters, Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
Geraldine Page, What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
Shelley Winters, Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
00:09:04
Joan Crawford, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Olivia de Havilland, The Screaming Woman (1972)
Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Shelley Winters and Debbie Reynolds, What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971)
Barbara Stanwyck, The Night Walker (1964)
Geraldine Page, What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
Veronica Lake, Flesh Feast (1970)
00:10:03
Shelley Winters, Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
Lana Turner, The Big Cube (1968)
Tallulah Bankhead, Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

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Another wonderful video, thanks so much 🙏

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Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice is a favorite of mine!!! Geraldine Page was so good in that as was Ruth Gordon!!!

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Geraldine page was good in everything she did.