Murder in Law(1989)
THE MOTHER OF ALL HORROR MOVIES
A young man's mother comes from Louisiana to live with her son in San Francisco. What her son doesn't know is that Mom was confined to a mental hospital in Louisiana, and she murdered an orderly to escape.
Movie: Murder in Law
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A young man's mother comes from Louisiana to live with her son in San Francisco. What her son doesn't know is that Mom was confined to a mental hospital in Louisiana, and she murdered an orderly to escape.
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1989-10-01
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THE MOTHER OF ALL HORROR MOVIES
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