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Twisted Nerve (1968)

Twisted Nerve (1968)

Drama Thriller Horror

Cleaver. Cleaver. Chop. Chop. First the mom and then the pop. Then we'll get the pretty girl. We'll get her right between the curl.

Release Date: 1968, December 20
Directors: Roy Boulting
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Charter Film Productions
Cast: Timothy Bateson, Frank Finlay, Hayley Mills, Billie Whitelaw, Basil Dignam, Marianne Stone, Christian Roberts, Timothy West, Barry Foster, Hywel Bennett, Gretchen Franklin, Richard Davies

Overview:

Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.

Keywords:

obsession stepfather boarding house down syndrome