Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies, he misses her, and a year later digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and begins robbing graves to get materials to patch her up, and inevitably begins looking for fresher sources of materials. Based loosely on the true story of Ed Gein.
- necrophilia
- wisconsin
- dark comedy
- murder
- serial killer
- reporter
- slasher
- dead mother
- cannibal
- incest
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Marcia Diamond — Jenny Kootz
- Brian Smeagle — Brad Kootz
- Arlene Gillen — Miss Johnson
- Robert McHeady — Sheriff
- Marian Waldman — Maureen Selby
- Micki Moore — Mary
- Pat Orr — Sally
- Directed
- Jeff Gillen, Alan Ormsby
- Written
- Alan Ormsby
Production
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 · 119 ratings
- Studio
- Karr International Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
