Michael is a lonely writer, obsessed by a film featuring a mad knifeman. When he is commissioned to write the family history of the Winshaws he realizes that the family have cast a blight on his life and he decides to take his revenge by re-enacting his favourite film.
Awards
Winner of Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 1994 and Mail on Sunday / John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 1994.