i saw this at a drive in when i be 9. all i remember be a few scene ( the one where the main character elle be be chase by a guy in a mask ) and be scared spitless . see it now and my opinion have change . it a pathetic horror film about an ophanage run by gloria grahame ( sad ) and deal with a young and talentless girl elle who be send there after her mother and the town tramp and be beat to death with a hammer ( graphically show ) . the film have adolescent ( actually actor in their 20 ) be beat and torture and kill and starve and attack with meat cleaver and rap etc etc . the brutal hammer murder be the opening scene and then it get bad and bad . there be nothing to recommend about this crap . the plot be stupid and all the dialogue be bad and the acting . the less say the good . how do this sickie get by with a gp ( now pg ) rating . it would get an r now . worthless . one last thing . a truly repulsive twist end suggest incest .