Welcome to the 31 Days of Halloween in Movies
Hello Friends, and welcome to Day #4 of the 31 Days of Halloween in Movies, 2026. In this (Blog-tober) series, I will post every day for 31 days in October.
Quote for Halloween
“Memory is a mansion, and dreams are the spaces between its walls“. – Mary, An Awakening of Terror
Have a listen to my intro; after this week, it goes into the archives.👻
For a recap of this series, check out 2023 and 2025. 👈🏾
🎃 Coming up this month…
Week #1 – Maniac Matriarch Week [Days 1-5]
Week #2 – The Last Recording Week [Days 6-11]
Week #3 – The Witching Hour Week [Days 12-17]
Week #4 – The Brain Buffet Week [Days 18-24]
Week #5 – Black Horror Rising Week [Days 25-31]
It’s Maniac Matriarchs Week
This week was dedicated to the women who hold their families together—until they’re pushed too far. These matriarchs are fiercely protective, relentlessly determined, and just a little (or a lot) unhinged when it comes to defending the people they love or settling old scores. The phrase “hell hath no fury” doesn’t even begin to cover it. Whether they’re demanding loyalty, seeking revenge, or making sure everything goes their way, these women prove that crossing the family matriarch is almost always a very bad idea.
DAY #4
MOVIE: Who Slew Auntie Roo, 1974
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: Rating: 6.1
Genre: Psychological Horror, Dark Comedy
Starring: Shelly Winters ✨ Mark Lester ✨ Chloe Franks
SYNOPSIS:
Mrs. Forrest (Shelley Winters), who’s known as “Auntie Roo,” has a holiday tradition of inviting orphans to her mansion for a party. But Roo isn’t completely sane; she lost her husband and is obsessed with her deceased daughter, whose corpse she still keeps in the house. So when Katy Coombs (Chloe Franks) sneaks into the party with her brother, Christopher (Mark Lester), the deranged lady abducts the young girl in the hopes of replacing her daughter. Christopher must then try to save Katy.
**THOUGHTS:**💬 This one won’t have you hiding under the covers, but it does bring to mind someone in the middle of a psychotic crisis. I haven’t seen this in quite some time, so I’ll want to revisit this at some point. It’s also nice to see how the structure and setup of this movie mirror those of other, more current flicks. [TRAILER]
“There’s only one thing to do about temptation — and that’s to remove it.”
I hope you enjoyed your Day #4 movie post. Tomorrow is the last film in this week’s series, bringing this week to a close. Thanks so much for visiting, and I’ll see you here tomorrow.
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*The list of movies was compiled using various sites and searches, as well as IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes.
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