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McElfresh, Tom (April 6, 1981). " 'Holy Terror' Is Wholly Terrible". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. p.19 – via Newspapers.com. Maltin, Leonard (2015). Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-451-41810-4. Sole was inspired to make the film after seeing Nicolas Roeg's 1973 psychological thriller, Don't Look Now, based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. [16] As a result, Alice, Sweet Alice makes several visual references to Don't Look Now, namely the usage of the raincoat which is featured on the villains in both films. [17] In developing the character of Alice, Sole and screenwriter Ritvo aspired to create a "child who has been neglected, and who could go either way," dividing the audience in regards to her guilt or innocence in the crimes committed. [18] Sole chose to set the film in 1960s-era Paterson, New Jersey, his hometown, [19] and culled much of the family drama and dynamics from his own Italian-Catholic upbringing. [20] The character of Mrs. Tredoni, the villain, was based on a woman who lived at the Catholic rectory next-door to his grandmother's house and looked after the clergy. [20]

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. 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]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]

Brownstein, Bill. "Horror is here with 'Sweet Alice' ". The Gazette. Montreal. p.37 – via Newspapers.com. Writer-director Sole's own proclaiming of himself as an "ex-Catholic" supports this interpretation of the film's religious themes and undertones. [4] Prior to writing and directing Alice, Sweet Alice, Sole had directed his debut feature, an adult film titled Deep Sleep, in 1972. [5] The release of the film resulted in obscenity charges being brought against him in the state of New Jersey, as well as formal excommunication from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey; this event has been credited as influential to the apparent anti-religious bent of Alice, Sweet Alice. [6] 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.Grove, David (May 22, 2016). " Alice, Sweet Alice Remake Revived". ihorror.com. iHorror. Archived from the original on October 28, 2016 . Retrieved October 28, 2016. Publications of the Catholic Truth Society. Vol.16. The Catholic Truth Society. 1898. p.6 – via Google Books. a b c d "Alice, Sweet Alice". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. Sole, Alfred; Salier, Edward (1999). Alice, Sweet Alice (DVD audio commentary). Anchor Bay Entertainment.