some of the background detail of this story be base and very and very loosely and on real event of the era in which this be place . the story combine some of the detail of the famous leopold and loeb case along with a bit of aimee semple mcpherson . the story begin with two mother ( shelley winter and debbie reynolds ) be hound a they leave a courtroom . the crowd seem most intent on do them bodily harm a their son be just convict of a heinous thrill crime . one person in the crowd apparently slash winter hand a they make their way to a wait car . soon after they arrive home and they begin get threaten phone call and so reynolds suggests they both move to the west coast together and open a dance school . the dance school be s success and they cater to incredibly obnoxious parent who think their child be the next shirley temple . one of the parent of these spoiled kid be a multimillionaire who be quite smitten with reynolds and they begin date . life appear very good . but and when the threaten phone call begin again and winter responds by flip out behave like she near a psychotic break and she retreat further and far into religion listen on the radio to sister alma almost constantly . again and again and you see winter on edge and it ultimately culminate in very bad thing . i would not say more and a it might spoil this suspenseful and interesting film . in many way and this film be a lot like the bette davis and joan crawford horror film of the 1960s like whatever happen to baby jane . and straight jacket and the nanny . while none of these be exactly intellectual fare and on a kitsch level they be immensely entertaining and fun . the writing be very good and there be some nice twist near the end that make it all very exciting . winter be great a a fragile and demented lady and reynolds play one of the sexy 39 year old i have ever see plus she can really and really dance . my only concern about all this be that some might find winter hyper religiosity in the film a bit tacky like a cheap attack on christianity . at first i felt that way and but when you meet sister alma and she seem sincere and be not mock and so i take winter religious zeal a just a sign of craziness which and i assume and be all that be intend . by the way and this film be package along with whoever slew auntie roo . another shelley winter horror film from 1971. both be great fun . and quite over the top .