Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker is a 1981 American exploitation horror film directed by William Asher, and starring Susan Tyrrell, Jimmy McNichol, Julia Duffy, and Bo Svenson. Framed as a contemporary
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The film borrows themes and structures from Oedipus the King, specifically regarding adoption and mother-son incest
The character of the unhinged Cheryl was partly inspired by female film antagonists such as Baby Jane Hudson in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
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Susan Tyrrell was an American character actress. Tyrrell's career began in theater in New York City in the 1960s in Broadway and off Broadway productions. Her first film was Shoot Out. She was nominat
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
…Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (later re-released as Night Warning) is a 1981 American exploitation horror film directed by William Asher, and starring Susan Tyrrell, Jimmy McNichol, Julia Duffy, and Bo Svenson. Framed as a contemporary Oedipus tale, the plot focuses on a teenager who, raised by his neurotic aunt…
Publicity still for Camino Real, 1970