“Some people come back to haunt you no matter how deep you bury them.”
An unemployed man who lives with his wife and overbearing mother-in-law sees an opportunity to relieve himself of the old bat, which tangles him in a maze of deception.
Héctor Elizondo
Stan
Salome Jens
Vera
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Maud Kennaway
Joseph Maher
Walter Johnson (as Joe Maher)
Edward Binns
Mr. McNulty
Joyce Ebert
Mrs. Patterson
Laurie Kennedy
Ellie
James Naughton
George
Austin Pendleton
Dr. Klein
George Spalding
Lt. Andrews
Diary of the Dead is a thriller film released in 1976 exploring themes of mother-in-law, overbearing mother, murder plot. Directed by Arvin Brown, it stars Héctor Elizondo, Salome Jens, Geraldine Fitzgerald. An unemployed man who lives with his wife and overbearing mother-in-law sees an opportunity to relieve himself of the old bat, which tangles him in a maze of deception.
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