Epitaph

Epitaph – 1987 – United States

The Fulton family moves constantly from town to town. The psychotic mother Martha cannot stop killing people, and her loyal family must continually hide the murders. Martha is a perpetually moody drunk with a sexual psychosis. She advises her teenage daughter, “Don’t talk to any boys at school. They only have one thing on their mind.” Yet she wears nothing but slinky nightgowns and tries to seduce everyone. The rest of the family (father, daughter, and grandmother) are earnest kindly people who apparently stay with Martha out of love even as she emotionally and physically abuses them.