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Twisted is a 1986 horror and psychological thriller starring Christian Slater, Lois Smith, and Tandy Cronyn.

Plot

One evening the Collins family discovers their maid, Mrs. Murdock, dead at the end of their steps; her neck is broken. Evidently, she had an accident; now they need a new babysitter for an upcoming big party. The sensible Helen meets little Evelyn Collins at the discount market and likes her, so she offers to do the job. She doesn't know Evelyn's teenage brother Mark: technically skilled and good in school, but restive and cunning; Mark also listens regularly to German marching music from the Third Reich. As soon as the parents have left, he psychologically terrorizes Helen and his sister with electronic tricks...until Mark himself is killed when Helen knocks him onto a spiked German helmet. Helen is arrested for Mark's murder, while Evelyn (secretly) dons her brother's glasses and proceeds to listen to his Nazi music...and the cycle begins anew.

Trivia

Tandy Cronyn's late parents were actors Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn. Composer Michael Bacon is the brother of actor Kevin Bacon. Co-screenwriter Christopher Coppola is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola and Rocky star Talia Shire, and also the brother of Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage.

Cast

• Christian Slater - Mark Collins
• Lois Smith - Helen Giles

External links

• Twisted at the Internet Movie Database
• Twisted at Allmovie