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But with Mahoney's pedestrian, shot-reverse-shot direction, these scenes play out like situational skits from an instructional video made for ESL students.
Martin Tsai, Los Angeles Times
Overview
A typical Midwest house. A sweet little old lady. When a caretaker moves in to help out, Granny's House becomes a macabre place of death - and love.
Director and cast
- Bill Oberst Jr. as Boarstag
- Rachel Alig as Rebecca Torrance
- Les Mahoney as Ted Steiner
- Laura Lee as Linda Steiner
- Glenda Morgan Brown as Marion Rogers
- Charles A. Baird as Telemarketer (voice)
- Ben Martinez as Denny Manoso
- Nissa Von Reiter as Sam
- Travis Wolever as Bob Rusk
- Cathy Starkebaum as Ruthie Wells
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