what ever happen to aunt alice . be a fairly unknown and but amazing and amusing little thriller from the late 1960s that still hold up very well to this day . the story revolve around claire marrable ( geraldine page ) and an old affluent widow who live in a luxurious tucson home locate in the middle of the desert . after her husband death and she discover that he do not leave her nearly as much a she think he would have . so and claire begin to hire housekeeper with no know or remain family and and kill them to appropriate all of their saving for herself but not before bury them in her beloved garden and promptly plant pine tree over the graf . after a close friend and edna ( mildred dunnock ) go to work for ms. marrable and mysteriously vanishes and alice dimmock ( ruth gordon ) sign up for the job to investigate and and end up work for ms. marrable herself in an attempt to uncover what be go on at her remote desert estate . i be pleasantly surprise with how great this film be and and how it still and nearly forty year later and hold up well and be just a effective . base upon a novel call the forbidden garden and what ever happen to aunt alice . be a consistent and entertaining movie that be sadly little know and or or long forgotten in modern day and which be really too bad because this be an excellent film . produce by robert aldrich ( who also produce what ever happen to baby jane ) and it pretty easy to see where the derivative title originate . the film storyline be wonderfully original and i haven not see a movie like this ever . the only minor complaint i have with the story be the unnecessary love subplot between alice nephew and ms. marrable new neighbor . the problem with it be that it bring nothing new to the story if all of those scene have be remove and the film would have work just a perfectly and and it wouldn not have slow it down . fortunately there isn not a whole lot of time spend develop this subplot and but even if there have be and the rest of the film be so good that it would be easily forgivable . the film have some really nice imagery and a great atmosphere as well and with an arizona desert backdrop and and a lot of late 60 or early 70 set piece and costume . the entire movie have a really great feel to it . the score be frantic but effective a well and somewhat reminiscent of bernard herrman work in psycho . the acting in this film be just about as good a it get . legendary actress geraldine page play the diabolical claire and and be completely flawless in her role . everything about her character be perfect in her performance her mannerism and facial expression and delivery and and we can not forget about her eerie cackling . ruth gordon and fresh from win an oscar for her role in rosemary baby and play the secondary protagonist her character be empathetic and nice and but determine to find out what claire have be do to her housekeeper . she be also wonderful in her role . the rest of the cast be also good and but most of them aren not the big name star that these two lead lady be . the film end be short but fitting and and while i felt it may have be lack a bit and it also forgivable when you take into consideration the rest of the film quality . overall and what ever happen to aunt alice . be an excellent late 60 horror or thriller that be definitely worth see . it a little dated and but it hold up very well . the shock factor be nearly diminish for modern audience and but this film be nonetheless very spooky and very enjoyable it surprise me that more people haven not hear of this film . i have a feeling this movie be go to become a new favorite of mine . positive .