Twisted Nerve
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.
1968 · 1h 52m · M
Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Roy Boulting
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Twisted Nerve
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.
Director and cast
- Roy Boulting Director
- Hayley Mills as Susan Harper
- Hywel Bennett as Martin (Georgie) Durnley
- Billie Whitelaw as Joan Harper
- Frank Finlay as Henry Durnley
- Barry Foster as Gerry Henderson
- Phyllis Calvert as Enid Durnley
- Salmaan Peerzada as Shashie Kadir
- Christian Roberts as Philip Harvey
- Gretchen Franklin as Clarkie
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