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Released
1981 · FILM

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

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

Directed by
Runtime
96 min
HorrorMysteryThriller
Streaming on
  • Shudder

Synopsis

After being rejected by her lover, Cheryl is left with only Billy, the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. Her desperate need to keep him with her leads to a series of failed schemes, which spiral into a violent and unhinged obsession. As the situation escalates, anyone who stands in her way becomes a target. Meanwhile, a detective investigating the case grows convinced that Billy is the true perpetrator. The combined forces of Cheryl's madness and the detective's determination plunge everyone involved into a horrifying cycle of bloodshed, reimagining the classic Oedipus myth in a nightmarish new light.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Ted NicolaouShot by Robbie GreenbergScored by Bruce Langhorne

Also known as

  • Mrs. Lynchde
  • À la limite du cauchemarfr

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