Twisted (1985)
A Step Beyond Insanity.
One evening the Collins find their maid Mrs. Murdock at the end of their steps: dead, neck broken. Obviously she had an accident. Consequently they need a new babysitter for an upcoming big party. The sensible Helen meets little Susan Collins at the discount market and likes her, so she offers to do the job. She doesn't know Susan's teenage brother Mark - technically skilled and good in school, but restive and cunning. As soon as the parents have left, he starts psychologically terrorizing Helen and his sister with electronic tricks.
- Date of release
- 1985-08-23
- TMDB
- 4.9 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Director
- Adam Holender
Casting
- Lois Smith — Helen Giles
- Christian Slater — Mark Collins
- Dina Merrill — Nell Kempler
- Tandy Cronyn — Evelyn Collins
- Dan Ziskie — Phillip Collins
- Brooke Tracy — Susan Collins
- John Cunningham — Jim Kempler
- Edward Marshall — Karl Yaeger
- Laurie Kennedy — Peg Yaeger
- J.C. Quinn — Sheriff
- Ralph Buckley — Deputy
- Karl Taylor — Williams
Interesting facts
Twisted is a 1985 horror and psychological thriller directed by Adam Holender and starring Christian Slater, Lois Smith, and Tandy Cronyn. The screenplay by Bruce Graham and Glenn Kershaw is based on Jack Horrigan's play Children! Children!, which ran one night on Broadway in 1972.
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