Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
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Love this movie, as madcap and dark meet in the shadows of such a outwardly pleasant household. Two well to do spinsters hold a terrible secret, while their recently married nephew has no idea what danger awaits in the wine for those gentlemen the ladies see fit to help. The appearance of an evil brother adds to the mix and the clash between murderers infamous and obscure meet is a hoot.
Jimminy Crickets! What a Hoot! I wish I could relax like that. The idiotic charm fell off somewhere in hollywood.