Movie

Twisted Nerve (1968)

• PG
• December 20, 1968
• 1h 52m

• Thriller
• Horror

“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.”

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

Roy Boulting

Writers

Roger Marshall, Leo Marks, Roy Boulting

Starring

Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw