"The movie tells of bigoted police detective Joe Carlson (Bo Svenson, Walking Tall Part 2) whose homophobia leads him to try to frame high school basketball player Billy Lynch (Jimmy NcNichol, Escape from El Diablo) for the murder of a television repairman when he becomes convinced that the killing was the result of a homosexual love triangle. Unbeknownst to the detective, Billy's Aunt Cheryl (Susan Tyrell, Fat City) is the real killer; having harbored incestuous fantasies towards Billy for years, his impending graduation has caused long dormant homicidal urges to resurface. Joe's continued plaguing of Billy causes Cheryl to become progressively more unstable, ultimately jeopardizing the lives of everyone around her. Julia Duffy (TVs "Newhart") and Bill Paxton (Future Shock) co-star. Directed by TV great William Asher."

The cover is a painting. It reveals the killer right away. And there are tons of callouts to other shows.

What I don’t get is how Dad never had to use his (sabotaged) brakes even once before this point? Anyhow, careening cars, log decapitation, over the cliff screaming, and then...wait for it...wait for it...BOOM!

• Carlson not listening to Julie or his partner
• Billy looking like Matthew Broderick
• Landers looking like Charles Grodin
• The body of Aunt Cheryl twitching as Landers lands on the floor from Carlson’s cold-cock (check out the eyes)
• The gunshot sound not matching the slo-mo gun
• Carlson’s famous last words: “You’re not gonna shoot nobody. Gimme the gun. C’mon! Give it to me!”
• Carlson’s long, drawn-out death scene
• The police force redeemed by the officer who looks ready to believe this was self-defense and that Carlson was a total fucktard