In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth (Emmy-winner Blanche Baker of "Holocaust"). But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever. William Atherton (DIE HARD), Catherine Mary Stewart (NIGHT OF THE COMET) and Grant Show (TV's "Melrose Place") co-star in this devastating drama adapted from the controversial best seller by Jack Ketchum that RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE called "one of the most disturbing reads in the history of horror literature."