Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Comworld Pictures | Release Date: February 1, 1982 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Night Warning is a fine psychological horror film. As the maniacally possessive aunt and guardian of a 17-year-old boy, Susan Tyrrell gives a tour-de-force performance. Read full review
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Director William Asher, whose previous credits include various episodes of I Love Lucy and several beach party movies--most notably, BEACH BLANKET BINGO and HOW TO STUFF A WILD BIKINI--keeps the action rolling at a brisk pace, while Tyrrell turns in one of her best performances as the psychopathic aunt. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Unfolding deftly under Asher's direction, Night Warning combines darkly outrageous humor with persuasive psychological validity. [12 Feb 2004, p.E14]
70
Screen RantRocco Thompson
Tyrell goes from gorgeous to viciously reptilian in the blink of an eye in her tour-de-force performance, and the film’s homosexual subplot, though not particularly PC, is an intriguing early instance of gay life depicted in a mainstream film genre. Read full review
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