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unconscious with a bedpost. Cathy tells Chris they should tell their grandfather the truth; they had once found him sleeping while investigating their mother's absence. They find his room empty with the bed dismantled; their grandfather has been dead for months. They also find a copy of his will, two months old, with a clause that if it is ever revealed, even after his death, that
Corrine had children from her first marriage, she will be disinherited. The children realize that Corrine, not their grandmother, was poisoning them to secure her inheritance.
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the recent will. Corrine denies their accusations, but Chris reveals the dead mouse as proof. Cathy tries to force her mother to eat an arsenic-coated cookie, chasing her onto a balcony. Cathy corners her mom at the edge where
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book series was targeted towards), reported in test cards that they were revolted by the scenes and another where
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ballerina music box, her father's gift. She discovers the siblings talking while Cathy is bathing. Chris chases her away, but Olivia ambushes Cathy in the bedroom, locks Chris in the closet and hacks off Cathy's hair. She starves them for a week and Chris is forced to feed Cory his own blood.
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is a film with lots of issues but it's still diverting as a piece of 1980s nostalgia". The film received a positive review on the Cinematic Addiction website, where it was praised for its acting, direction and music. The review specified,
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