Glorious Southern Gothic Delirium
A severed hand, a meat cleaver, and a headless corpse that appear in the eerie shadows of a decaying Southern mansion would suggest the makings of a cheap horror flick. However, under the sure hand of director Robert Aldrich, the Gothic thriller, "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte," became an outstanding suspense film that has withstood the test of time. Intended as a follow-up to the successful "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane," this film is no sequel and…