Gothic fiction whose best-known work was the 1960 Hollywood horror novel "What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?" Farrell's novels spawned a subgenre of "Grande Dame Guignol" in the cinema, represented by such films as the 1962 film based on Farrell's novel, which starred Bette Davis versus Joan Crawford; this subgenre of films was dubbed the "psycho-biddy" genre. Many modern writers of horror (or indeed other types of fiction) exhibit considerable Gothic sensibilities—examples include the works of Anne Rice, Stella Coulson, Susan Hill, Poppy Z. Brite and Neil Gaiman as well as some of the sensationalist works of Stephen King Thomas M. Disch's
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 film) parody of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" called "Wha' Ha' Happened to Baby JJ?"</nowiki> was made by Alaska and Alyssa Edwards. The backstage battle between Crawford and Davis during the production of the film is the basis for "Feud: Bette and Joan", the 2017 first season of the Ryan Murphy television series "Feud". It stars Jessica Lange as Crawford and Susan Sarandon as Davis. It premiered on March 5, 2017. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 film) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 American psychological thriller–horror film produced and directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Bette