Matricide And Murder

Matricide and Murder Our film opens in a cemetery with the funeral of Harold Walker who has committed suicide. It is attended by his son Harold and his mother Harriet who is confined to a wheelchair. The local sheriff Sam Kincaid and his deputy Brad Dillion also attend. After the funeral they return to their huge house. Harold has to take care of his mother in every way including bathing her. She is very demanding and abusive towards Harold. She mocks him because of his stutter and the fact he has never had a girlfriend or job. Harold suggests letting some rooms, Harriet says "I will not have young girls in my house." Harold murders his mother by hurling her down the stairs in her wheelchair after disconnecting the chairlift control. A doctor attends he finds Harriet's neck broken. The sheriff assumes it was an accident. Harold has his mother embalmed. At her funeral we are unaware that a weighted casket is being buried. Back at the house we hear Harold holding a conversation (OS) with his mother. He is speaking in her voice, they are arguing about renting out rooms, young girls, and builders. We see a perfectly preserved Harriet sitting in her wheelchair. In Harold's mind she opens her eyes and comes too life. Harold has the vast library and dinning room converted into four self contained units. He lets the units to four young female university students. He tells the students he lives with his mother, but she is confined. Harold watches the girls in their units on monitors installed in a secret room. Harriet has said she will kill any young girl in her house. Harold begins to lose the battle, he dresses as his mother to murder the girls. After two girls disappear the sheriff informs the remaining two girls that Harold's mother is dead and buried. But both dead girls saw Harriet in her wheel chair. One day after the murder of one more girl and a private detective. The remaining girl sees what she thinks is Harold's mother walking along the upper hallway. She informs the sheriff but he takes it with a pinch of salt. The deputy thinks they should get an exhumation order. When Harriet's casket is removed from the ground they discover its filled with bricks. The sheriff and deputy take off with tires screeching. Back at the house Harold is dressed as Harriet ready to murder the last girl .The sheriff arrives in the nick of time. Harold answers the door as his mother. Harold shows the sheriff and deputy Harriet's dead body sitting in a wheelchair. Harold speaking in her voice tells the sheriff about the murders. Then he says in her voice "why don't you show the sheriff how you murdered me". Harold says "alright I will". Then he hurls Harriet down the stairs in her wheelchair. Harold pulls a gun on them, then goes down the stairs on the chair lift. Down in the hallway he fires six shots into Harriet, then declares "I think she is dead this time." Harold is arrested, Harriet is finally laid to rest. Harold reveals to us where the bodies are. He is committed to a secure mental hospital.