Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)

United States of America

Thriller, Horror

Royal American Pictures, S2D Associates

Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell, Bo Svenson, Julia Duffy, Marcia Lewis, Steve Eastin

William Asher

Steve Briemer, Alan Jay Glueckman, Boon Collins, Alan Jay Glueckman

Taglines: She was lonely. He was all she had. No-one would take him from her - and live...

child abuse, jealousy, police, homophobia, sexuality, obsession, detective, manipulation, aunt, coach, slasher, orphan, incest, mental illness, video nasty, psycho-sexual

Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy with her. When her plans misfire, she is swept up into an insane frenzy that means death to anyone who comes between her and her obsession. But the investigating detective is convinced that Billy is the real killer - and determined to prove it. Madness and fanaticism work together to drag all concerned into a terrifying vortex of blood-letting that adds a nightmarish twist to the classic Oedipus story.

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