Wow! This is a great film. You sit there mesmerized by the wonderful performance of Marilu Henner as a manipulative, vicious murdering woman, who will do anything to keep her lifestyle as a queen and son all to herself.

Henner gives a terrific performance. Her very eye contact is the absolute embodiment of evil here and she has a field day in the same genre that Gale Sondergaard had during her years in film.

Henner stops at nothing to get what she wants. She has killed her 2nd husband after he apparently threatened to leave her. Her unbalanced step-daughter witnesses this and is institutionalized. The head of the institution fears Henner and will do anything she says. While she has an Oedipus complex regarding her son, she hates her prospective daughter-in-law and will do or say anything to eliminate her, even so far as to bring back a former girlfriend of the son.

The bodies begin to pile up as Henner begins eliminating 2 workers, and a newspaper reporter as well, all of whom threaten her very existence.

Henner is cunning and sly to the hilt. She gives a truly outstanding performance, certainly her best and one that she should be respected for.

This was one of the stupidest movies I had ever watched. When it was over I couldn't believe I wasted my time watching it. The ending was too abrupt - the main character should have at least been tortured some before just being shot. The fact that Marilu Henner made this movie just makes me think less of her, she's been a fairly good actress in the past and I believe she could find better work. The scene toward the end where she shot the maid's husband was uncalled for and was not integral to the plot at all. They must have had 5 minutes to fill so they threw that part in. Don't waste your time with this one. I don't think any of the "new faces" will be building on much of a career with this movie.

The film is titled "Deadly Suspicion." This is the story of a matriarch who is abruptly widowed. After the funeral she has to accept a prospective daughter - in - law into the fold. One of the worst movies ever -absolutely dreadful. The matriarch appears to be wise enough to cover her tracks by staying friends with the local police for decades and by appearing to be the grieving widow, yet halfway through she suddenly begins shooting at everything on two legs! The acting was hammy -if it wasn't over the top, it was flat and wooden. I'm referring in particular to the son. The story was poor and the dialogue pretty dreadful. There were some nice moments watching the Southern Californian countryside, but I can watch that in a travelogue. I've seen countless excellent thriller/domestic drama -type movies -this wasn't one of them. Stuck with it till the bitter end and wished I hadn't!