Wow! This is a great film. You sit there mesmerized by the wonderful performance of Marilu Henner as a manipulative, vicious murdering woman, who will do anything to keep her lifestyle as a queen and son all to herself.
Henner gives a terrific performance. Her very eye contact is the absolute embodiment of evil here and she has a field day in the same genre that Gale Sondergaard had during her years in film.
Henner stops at nothing to get what she wants. She has killed her 2nd husband after he apparently threatened to leave her. Her unbalanced step-daughter witnesses this and is institutionalized. The head of the institution fears Henner and will do anything she says. While she has an Oedipus complex regarding her son, she hates her prospective daughter-in-law and will do or say anything to eliminate her, even so far as to bring back a former girlfriend of the son.
The bodies begin to pile up as Henner begins eliminating 2 workers, and a newspaper reporter as well, all of whom threaten her very existence.
Henner is cunning and sly to the hilt. She gives a truly outstanding performance, certainly her best and one that she should be respected for.
Henner gives a terrific performance. Her very eye contact is the absolute embodiment of evil here and she has a field day in the same genre that Gale Sondergaard had during her years in film.
Henner stops at nothing to get what she wants. She has killed her 2nd husband after he apparently threatened to leave her. Her unbalanced step-daughter witnesses this and is institutionalized. The head of the institution fears Henner and will do anything she says. While she has an Oedipus complex regarding her son, she hates her prospective daughter-in-law and will do or say anything to eliminate her, even so far as to bring back a former girlfriend of the son.
The bodies begin to pile up as Henner begins eliminating 2 workers, and a newspaper reporter as well, all of whom threaten her very existence.
Henner is cunning and sly to the hilt. She gives a truly outstanding performance, certainly her best and one that she should be respected for.