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Brownstein, Bill. "Horror is here with 'Sweet Alice' ". The Gazette. Montreal. p.37 – via Newspapers.com. Hanley, Ken. " "ALICE, SWEET ALICE" remake grabs "COLD CASE" star; director talks". Fangoria. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014 . Retrieved February 14, 2014. Ernest Leogrande of the New York Daily News echoed Canby's sentiment, awarding the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and writing that it "has qualities that take it out of the usual run of sanguinary homicidal horror movies, an attention given to dialogue, to authenticity of setting and to revelatory and atmospheric touches." [70] Armstrong, Kent Byron (2000). Slasher Films: An International Filmography, 1960 Through 2001. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-41462-8.

O'Malley, Sheila (December 16, 2016). "TCM Diary: The Night Digger & Alice, Sweet Alice". Film Comment. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019 . Retrieved August 5, 2019. Sheila O'Malley of Film Comment notes that: "From one scene to the next, religious iconography overwhelms the screen: paintings of Mary and Christ, marble statues, crosses on every wall, religion leering at the characters from behind. Parishioners kneel at the altar, pushing out fat tongues for communion ( Communion was the film's original title), looking like a parade of aggressive Rolling Stones logos. Religion is not a refuge in Alice, Sweet Alice. It is a rejection of the body itself, but the body—its tongues, its teeth, its menstruation—will not be denied." [8] Bill Brownstein of the Montreal Gazette deemed the film "a gory and effective" surprise, praising its cinematography despite its story having "gaps and inconsistencies." [68] Squires, John (May 31, 2019). "Arrow Video's August Releases Include Deluxe 'Oldboy' Set and 'Alice, Sweet Alice' Blu-ray". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on June 1, 2019. The film premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival under its original title, Communion, in November 1976, and was released under this title in London in September 1977. After being acquired by Allied Artists, it was re-titled Alice, Sweet Alice, and released in the United States on November 18, 1977. Another theatrical re-release occurred in 1981 under the title Holy Terror, which marketed the popularity of Shields after her performance in Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (1978). While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic, and was controversial in Ireland due to its apparent anti- Catholic themes.

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Gunther, Marc (July 21, 1975). "For Lillian Roth, Paterson's an Upturn". The News. Paterson, New Jersey. p.10 – via Newspapers.com. Whitaker, William (November 20, 1977). " 'Sweet Alice' Bloody But Not Bad". Abilene Reporter-News. Abilene, Texas. p.24-A – via Newspapers.com. Sole, Alfred; Salier, Edward (1999). Alice, Sweet Alice (DVD audio commentary). Anchor Bay Entertainment. Rose, Rita (March 10, 1981). "Looking for Brooke Better look fast". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. p.13 – via Newspapers.com.

King, Claire Sisco (April 2007). "Acting Out and Sounding Off: Sacrifice and Performativity in Alice, Sweet Alice". Text and Performance Quarterly. 27 (2): 124–142. doi: 10.1080/10462930701251199. S2CID 219640591. a b c d "Alice, Sweet Alice". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. Director Alfred Sole began writing the film in 1974, collaborating with co-writer Rosemary Ritvo on the script. Ritvo, an English doctoral student at Fordham University, [14] was Sole's neighbor, and the two often talked about films together. [15] "She was a Catholic and we would talk about the Catholic church, religion and stuff like that. Then we started talking about films and theater and I discovered she had a great love of horror films," Sole recalled. The two began meeting during weekends and workshopping the screenplay together. [15] At the time, Sole was working as an architect in New Jersey. [15] The production was periodically postponed during filming, with Sole stating that sometimes two to four week breaks would be taken between filming sessions due to budget issues, during which the production sought out additional funding. [48] On one occasion, filming was temporarily halted after actress Linda Miller attempted suicide by slitting her wrists [15] while shooting the film's final sequence in the church. After a week of convalescing, Miller returned to the set and completed her scenes, though a bandage can be seen on her wrist in several sequences. [24] Because of the repeated starts and stops, the production had to recurrently hire new cameramen; Sole estimated that a total of six different cameramen worked on the film. [25] The total number of shooting days was around 20, as estimated by Sole. [49]Gonzalez, Ed (April 20, 2005). "Film Review: Alice, Sweet Alice". Slant Magazine . Retrieved December 14, 2016. Hogan, David J. (2010). Dark Romance: Sexuality in the Horror Film. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-46248-3.

Ruth, Daniel (November 21, 1977). " 'Sweet Alice' Bloody Bath, But Not Bad". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. p.6-D – via Newspapers.com. Following the rising fame of Brooke Shields after her performance in Pretty Baby (1978), the film was released for a third time in 1981 under the title Holy Terror. [63] Critical response [ edit ] In the years since its release, Alice, Sweet Alice has gained a cult following and is considered a contemporary classic of the slasher subgenre in critical circles. [2] It has also been the focus of scholarship in the areas of horror film studies, particularly regarding its depictions of Roman Catholicism, child emotional neglect, and the disintegration of the American nuclear family. Alice, Sweet Alice (originally titled Communion) is a 1976 American psychological slasher film co-written and directed by Alfred Sole, and starring Linda Miller, Paula Sheppard, and Brooke Shields in her film debut. Set in 1961 New Jersey, the film focuses on a troubled adolescent girl who becomes a suspect in the brutal murder of her younger sister at her First Communion, as well as in a series of unsolved stabbings that follow. Analysis and themes [ edit ] Catholicism [ edit ] Catholic iconography is a frequent motif in the filmIn 1997, Anchor Bay Entertainment released the film on VHS in its 108-minute, fully uncut version, with remastering supervised by director Alfred Sole. [78] A DVD edition was subsequently released by Anchor Bay in 1999. [79] After this edition of the film became out of print, it was re-released on DVD by Hen's Tooth Video in 2007. [79] Horror film scholar Scott Aaron Stine, in The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1960s and 1970s, notes the film as "Compelling, and not entirely predictable, Sole's first (and only truly worthwhile) effort is driven by strong anti-Catholic messages ( á la Pete Walker) and—even more pertinent—littered with unflinchingly disturbing scenes of violence that are reminiscent of [Dario] Argento's earlier handling of brutality." [87] Mrs. Tredoni rushes to the church, where the police are stationed. Spina arrives too late to save Mr. Alphonso. During Mass, Father Tom denies Mrs. Tredoni communion. She stabs the priest in the throat as the police rush in. While Father Tom bleeds to death, Alice walks out of the church with Mrs. Tredoni's shopping bag, and places the bloodstained butcher knife into it.