When a young girl is brutally murdered and set on fire in a Catholic Church, all eyes turn toward her own sister, Alice. Her mother and father are unable to believe such things so they protect and shield Alice. Later, while staying at her aunt's house, family members begin to notice many new things about her and even her mother and father begin to question their daughter's innocence. Placed into a psychiatric hospital for her own good, Alice sits and waits to be released. Outside, however, members of Alice's family are being killed and attacked by a masked assailant. With Alice locked up who could be doing the killings, or is it Alice herself?

This one is a little long but has a surprise or two that kept me guessing.

One of the major plot twists is revealed about halfway through the movie, which was a shame because if left until the very end it would have been perfect. Not a lot of blood and gore, but what there is looks good and very realistic, especially the butcher knife to the foot scene. Paula E Sheppard plays the young Alice and the kid has the role down, the girl just oozes possible evil, but is she? Also a downstairs landlord called Mr. Alphonson is a sweaty, cheesy, 500 pound fat man that is to nasty not to mention, the guy is vile. Alice Sweet Alice is also the first movie for Brooke Shields, who plays Alice's unfortunate sister Karen.

The movie itself is at times too long and some of the dialog way too lengthy, but it is a very good story full of twists. I wouldn't call it a classic or a must see, but it is well done for it's day and age. I saw this on VHS but read a DVD is on the way, so most of you if you want to check it out should be able to get a copy in the very near future, if not now.

4/10