Night Warning (originally titled Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker) is a 1982 American psychological Slasher horror film directed by William Asher, and starring Susan Tyrrell, Jimmy McNichol, and Julia Duffy. Framed as a contemporary Oedipus tale,[1] the plot focuses on a teenager who, raised by his neurotic aunt, finds himself at the center of a murder investigation after she stabs a man to death in their house. The boy's sexually-repressed aunt secretly harbors incestual feelings for him, while meanwhile a homophobic detective investigating the crime irrationally believes the murder to be a result of a homosexual love triangle.
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| - Night Warning (originally titled Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker) is a 1982 American psychological Slasher horror film directed by William Asher, and starring Susan Tyrrell, Jimmy McNichol, and Julia Duffy. Framed as a contemporary Oedipus tale,[1] the plot focuses on a teenager who, raised by his neurotic aunt, finds himself at the center of a murder investigation after she stabs a man to death in their house. The boy's sexually-repressed aunt secretly harbors incestual feelings for him, while meanwhile a homophobic detective investigating the crime irrationally believes the murder to be a result of a homosexual love triangle.
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| - They didn't go looking for trouble. They were just too curious. Now ... They know too much to live.
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| - Bo Svenson
- Jimmy McNichol
- Marcia Lewis
- Susan Tyrrell
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| - Eugene Mazzola
- Steve Breimer
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| - Royal American Pictures
- S2D Associates
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| - Alan Jay Glueckman
- Boon Collins
- Stephen Breimer
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| - Night Warning (originally titled Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker) is a 1982 American psychological Slasher horror film directed by William Asher, and starring Susan Tyrrell, Jimmy McNichol, and Julia Duffy. Framed as a contemporary Oedipus tale,[1] the plot focuses on a teenager who, raised by his neurotic aunt, finds himself at the center of a murder investigation after she stabs a man to death in their house. The boy's sexually-repressed aunt secretly harbors incestual feelings for him, while meanwhile a homophobic detective investigating the crime irrationally believes the murder to be a result of a homosexual love triangle. The film was nominated for a Saturn Award for the Best Horror Movie of 1982 by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, and also marked one of Bill Paxton's earliest roles."
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