Directed by Bill Condon • 1987 • United States
Starring Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey
In this Southern Gothic thriller with an erotic twist, two eccentric sisters (Jennifer Jason Leigh and Judith Ivey) share a strange bond while running a boarding house in their large Louisiana mansion. When a new guest (Eric Stoltz) arrives, he upends their lives—and unleashes the disturbing secrets that lie within the house. Moody camera work enhances the eerie bayou atmosphere of this slow-burn cult shocker.
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