what ever happened to baby jane

"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" is a 1962 American psychological horror thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, from a screenplay by Lukas Heller, based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Henry Farrell. The film stars Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and features the major film debut of Victor Buono. The plot follows an aging former child star, Baby Jane Hudson, who torments her paraplegic sister, Blanche, a former movie star, in an old Hollywood mansion. The film was theatrically released in 1962 and was a commercial success, grossing $9 million in rentals against a budget of $980,000. The film has since become a cult classic and is considered a landmark in the horror genre.