PICTURE MOMMY DEAD sees director Bert I. Gordon return to movies after slowing down his output considerably since his 'giant critter' boom in the 1950s. This time around he tackles a LES DIABOLIQUES psycho-thriller style movie with lots of mystery surrounding a traumatic death in the past. It's a small scale production which focuses on a quartet of characters with their own motivations and mysterious pasts. Susan Gordon, the director's own daughter, plays the lead role but isn't particularly convincing in the part, although Don Ameche as her father is okay. Most of the fun comes from the smaller parts like Maxwell Reed's scarred handyman and Wendell Corey's arch lawyer. The film's pacing is rather plodding and it only gets fun at the climax, but it's well shot and lively enough at times.
Review of Picture Mommy Dead
