Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

  • Thriller
  • Horror
11/20/1981
96
R

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

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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  • Wuchak

    A teen guy, his crazy aunt, Julia Duffy and Bo Svenson

    An orphan lives with his peculiar aunt (Jimmy McNichol and Susan Tyrrell) while seeking a basketball scholarship and pursuing a winsome blonde (Duffy). When someone ends up dead, it draws the attention of a narrow-minded detective (Svenson).

    The oddly titled "Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker" (1981) comes from the novel on which it was based. The author got it from the old rhyme about three men in a tub and, specifically, the line The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. The flicks also known as Night Warning.

    There are some bits reminiscent of Psycho, but it mixes in a lot of droll humor, which is genuinely amusing, not to mention politically incorrect (which works ...

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