Blythe Danner stars as a mentally unstable mother who kills her daughter, then   covers up the crime with the help of her husband and son. A college student      researching "the typical American family" comes by and is forced to spend the    night when a tornado strikes suddenly. Stuck together, tensions arise as the   family's dark secret emerges and as news breaks of a killer on the loose who   fits the college girl's description. A gripping psychodrama. A.k.a. The     Marcus Spiegel---USA---1998---100 mins.