- HD 1080
- Runtime: 112m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Roy Boulting
- Stars: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Barry Foster
- keywords: obsession, down syndrome, stepfather, boarding house
- Production_studio: Charter Film Productions
- Slogan: Cleaver. Cleaver. Chop. Chop. First the mom and then the pop. Then we'll get the pretty girl. We'll get her right between the curl.
- The Twisted Nerve is featured in the top rankings of 1968
- #44 in Top Drama Movies of 1968
- #12 in Top Thriller Movies of 1968
- #8 in Top Horror Movies of 1968
Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.