Twisted Nerve
Twisted Nerve

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Martin Durnley (Hywel Bennett) is a troubled young man. With a mother who insists on treating him like a child, a stepfather who can't wait to see the back of him, and a brother with Down's Syndrome shut away in an institution, is it any wonder he retreats into an alternate personality - that of six-year-old Georgie? It is Georgie who befriends Susan Harper (Hayley Mills), but friendship soon turns into obsession. When Susan begins to distance herself, something inside Georgi... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Twisted Nerve:

Hayley Mills
Hywel Bennett
Billie Whitelaw
Frank Finlay
Barry Foster
Phyllis Calvert

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Martin Durnley (Hywel Bennett) is a troubled young man. With a mother who insists on treating him like a child, a stepfather who can't wait to see the back of him, and a brother with Down's Syndrome shut away in an institution, is it any wonder he retreats into an alternate personality - that of six-year-old Georgie? It is Georgie who befriends Susan Harper (Hayley Mills), but friendship soon turns into obsession. When Susan begins to distance herself, something inside Georgie snaps and he embarks on a killing spree, with Susan as the next target.

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User Review - 10/10 by Max MWithout exception, THE GREATEST FILM OF ALL TIME.... Hayley Mills is stunning and Hywell Bennett is amazing!
User Review - 10/10 by Pavandeep SA rather surprising film. I am not sure why, but I expected more killings. I enjoyed this film tremendously still, the lead character was very interesting to study, his bizarre and confounded sense of his sexuality and his mentality is just so vague and yet, so rich that it allows for a deeper understanding than just an exploitation film.
User Review - 8/10 by Ryan CI loved this film, and I guess it's helps that I'm a nostalgic Brit but the clever acting, tense scenes and soundtrack made this film an excellent watch. This film has many similarities to Brimstone and Treacle, the lead being named as Martin in that as well. It would be amazing to be transported back in time to see this in a British cinema.
User Review - 8/10 by Eric RMartin is a 22-year old schizophrenic who goes in between a six-year-old boy and psychotic. He lives with his over nurturing mother and his stepfather, who wants the boy evicted from the house. Martin leaves and is taken in by Susan Harper and her family, who unaware of Martin's mental state. All the criticism I have read about this film seems to step from the fact that this film ridiculously makes the argument that siblings of individuals with down syndrome are per-disposed to be psychopaths. While this is stupid, it doesn't take away the fact that this is a fun flick. The highlights of this one are Hywel Bennett Martin. He really does a great job in this film and just has this sense of unease about him. It seems like every scene I was just waiting for him to snap, which really makes the film pretty tense throughout. The other great aspect of the film is without question Bernard Herrman's score, which was plundered and reused by Tarantino for Kill Bill, for anyone that doesn't know. It's such a simple tun that is uses multiple times to elicit all types of emotions. Twisted Nerve's assumption is ridiculous but it present a good argument towards the idea that psychopaths aren't necessarily formed by environmental factors but genetic factors could hold the key. It's no "Peeping Tom', and it's clearly dated, but its a fun, rather tense thriller that I enjoyed.
User Review - 8/10 by Ciro RSo that's where AHS stole EVERYTHING from.
User Review - 8/10 by Eric BSo, a shy mama's boy turns out to be a psychopathic killer. Sound familiar? Sure, "Twisted Nerve" is influenced by Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," but this is no cheap clone. It's a genuinely disturbing thriller on its own terms. Martin Durnley (twitchy Hywel Bennett) is an idle child of privilege, unable to settle on a life path. His mother indulges him, but his stepfather is impatient with his aimlessness. Meanwhile, his mentally disabled brother (somewhat callously) has been sent to a care facility elsewhere. When Martin has a chance meeting with a beautiful library clerk (Hayley Mills), he feigns being a childlike simpleton to win her empathy. He hatches a wicked scheme, convincing his parents that he's away in Paris while simultaneously worming his way into the home of Mills and her wealthy family. Too bad he fails to mention his murderous tendencies to these new friends. "Twisted Nerve" is a surprisingly sexy film, thanks to the fetching Mills (the ultimate virginal fantasy) and Billie Whitelaw's smoldering performance as Mills' randy mother. Barry Foster also has a ball playing the mother's leering, parasitic suitor. The cast's weakest link is unfortunately its star, but Martin is such an unsubtle character that Bennett's abilities aren't much challenged. The bonus treat is composer Bernard Herrmann's maniacal whistling theme, which is so indelible that Quentin Tarantino borrowed it for "Kill Bill" decades later. I was grinning throughout the whole film, relishing my mounting discomfort and wondering where the story would head. It's just too bad the movie's reputation is sullied by its distasteful stigmatization of "mongoloids," because there wasn't a desperate need to explain Martin's malady anyway. Some people are just born crazy -- leave it at that. And was that late bedpan gag really necessary?
User Review - 8/10 by Devin DI've wanted to watch this movie for the longest just because of it's score. It was really a treat to watch Hywel Bennett play a psychopath, he's such an amazing actor. It's very chilling at curtain points in the film but I don't see it as a horror/slasher film, it's more of a dramatic thriller with good acting.
User Review - 8/10 by Cassandra MFinally a good movie from the QT film festival watching that I am doing. The character of Georgie/Martin is amazing, he is so evil and scary because you don't know if hes normal or not. I love that the whistle that Darryl Hannah used in Kill Bill is prominent in this movie.
User Review - 8/10 by Dave AClassic shocker from 1968 unfairly condemned by the p.c. squad long before the term political correctness was even in use. Ok, it uses the term "Mongol" instead of "Down's Syndrome", but the Down's syndrome kid has a small part and his role is in no way insulting, maliciously conceived or patronising... Twisted Nerve is a tale of misfit Martin (played by Hywel Bennett ) who uses his knowledge of "simple" kids gained from visiting his Down's syndrome brother in a home to create an alternative personality. He becomes obsessively infatuated with Susan (Hayley Mills), and things start getting very creepy.... Bennett and Mills are both fantastic, and while not quite as good as Peeping Tom, it is a comparable film.
User Review - 8/10 by Timmy Rif there were an intersection between Hitchcock thrillers and Giallo horror, Twisted Nerve falls dead center. Not quite as good as Psycho or Frenzy, but tops all the other "Psycho" clones.

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