Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)
November 20, 1981Release Date
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)
November 20, 1981Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Jimmy McNichol
Billy Lynch
Susan Tyrrell
Cheryl Roberts
Bo Svenson
Detective Joe Carlson
Marcia Lewis
Margie
Julia Duffy
Julie Linden
Britt Leach
Sergeant Cook
Steve Eastin
Tom Landers
Caskey Swaim
Phil Brody
Cooper Neal
Frank
Kay Kimler
Anna Lynch
Bill Paxton
Eddie
Gary Baxley
Bill Lynch, Sr.
William Asher
Director
Steve Briemer
Writer
Riley Morgan
Chuck Strang
Jan de Bont
Director of Photography
Alan Jay Glueckman
Writer
Boon Collins
Writer
Linda M. Bass
Costumer
Bruce Langhorne
Composer
Skip Ward
Stunt Driver
Robbie Greenberg
Cinematographer
Ted Nicolaou
Editor
Rod Amateau
Stunt Driver
Joan Simmons
CastingDirector
Allan A. Apone
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Eugene Mazzola
Co-Producer
Jerry Summers
Stunt Driver
Val Kuklowsky
Sound Effects
Angelo Lamonea
Stunt Driver
Tommy J. Huff
Stunt Coordinator
Erica Ueland
Makeup Supervisor
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Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (later re-released as Night Warning) is a 1981 American exploitation horror film directed by William Asher, and starring Susan Tyrrell, Jimmy McNichol, Julia Duffy, and Bo Svenson. Framed as a contemporary Oedipus tale, 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 incestuous feelings for him, while a detective investigating the crime irrationally believes the murder to be a result of a homosexual love triangle.
Financed by the independent Royal American Pictures, the film was shot in Los Angeles in 1981. Michael Miller was originally hired to direct, and completed the filming of the opening sequence with cinematographer Jan de Bont before being fired and replaced by Asher, who shot the remainder of the film with Robbie Greenberg.
Given a regional release in Oregon in November 1981 through Comworld Pictures, the film expanded to other U.S. cities in early 1982, and was nominated for a Saturn Award for the Best Horror Movie of 1982 by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. It was reissued theatrically in 1983 under the title Night Warning, under which it was subsequently released on home video. The film has attracted critical discussion for its early positive portrayal of a gay male character.