by Nathan Southern
synopsis
Oliver! star Mark Lester undertook a change of pace - and then some - with this uncomfortable, Bad Seed-like shocker. He plays Marcus, the preteen son of a recently-remarried, well-to-do writer, whose first wife (Marcus's mother) died a mysterious death. Marcus simultaneously resents his stepmother and feels erotically drawn to her; in desperation, he quickly and aggressively drives her to the point of a psychotic breakdown. He then quietly confesses his act of matricide to the stepmom and implores her to off her husband and abscond with the insurance monies.
characteristics
- Evil Children
- Suburban Dysfunction
- Uncomfortable Viewing
- Mothers And Sons
- Death Of A Parent
- Stepson
- Author
- Wealth
- Writing
- Step-relative
- Rich
- Family-strife
- Marriage
- Annihilation
- Nightmare
