This time we dig deeper into the story behind how Wicked Stepmother came to life and how director Larry Cohen landed Bette Davis as the star of his film. Written with Davis in mind, Cohen’s film was inspired in part by the many film Davis made in her later years and would be a black comedy spoof of horror films. The story behind the movie is more fascinating than the movie itself.

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Larry Cohen and Bette Davis