Arsenic and Old Lace (VHS, 1989)

A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.Cary Grant(Mortimer Brewster) is in love and about to marry Priscilla Lane( Elaine) when he stubles upon the fact that his two auntes are well just little crazy , his 2 auntes love to give the elderberry win e to the gentelmen callers the only problem is the wine is spiked with Arsenic. and you have good ole Uncle "Teddy" Brewster who is looney as a tume and still thinks hes fighting in the war , well hes digs cannels in the basement and they burry all they dead gentelmen down in th basement, does not sound like a comedy??? well it trult is as Mortimer trys to hide the fact that his auntes are crazy killers from everyone includeing elanie and the police , he himself begins to think hes crazy too . this is a movie back when movies were great orignally filmed in 1944

Arsenic and Old Lace was Directed by
Frank Capra

Writing credits
Joseph Kesselring (play)
Julius J. Epstein (screenplay) ...

True comedy I own the VHS and dvd and also the book. this is a great movie.

The cast of actors was exceptional and the story line was very funny. I bought it because is a classic for our movie library.

There is such a different feel to the old movies. The suspense and laughter is in the acting and the plot. The music and atmosphere are minor players. My whole family loved it so much that my teenagers invited their friends to watch it at a sleepover birthday party. It was just as great as I remembered.

Arsenic and Old Lace is a comedy of the first order. It highlights the comedic talents of Cary Grant. The movie has an all star cast and is a wonderful insight to what happens behind the doors of a seemingly normal family. A delightful mix of murder, insanity and slapstick comedy. I love the twists and turns of the plot. I saw this movie as a child and participated in a high school production of it. I bought it so I would have this classic in my own collection. I highly recommend it.

Clean and humorous--bought it for my 84 year old mother who won't tolerate any indecency. Plus, its one of my two favorite movies of all time.

It was a childhood memory from when my mom was sick. It make me feel good to watch it, i think of her and then i dont miss her as much.