Summaries

BLUE-EYED BUTCHER is the shocking true story of a wife and mother driven to kill by her abusive husband, starring Justin Bruening (TV’s “Ringer”), Sara Paxton (The Innkeepers) and Lisa Edelstein (TV’s “The Good Wife”).

Texas beauty Susan Wright appeared to have a fairytale life with an adoring husband, Jeff, two beautiful kids, and close family and friends. But in 2003, six years into their marriage, the fairy tale crumbles when Jeff is found dead and buried in the backyard of their suburban home. The close-knit community is shocked as police accuse Susan of pre-meditated murder -- luring her husband into the bedroom, tying him up and violently stabbing him almost 200 times before haphazardly cleaning up the crime scene. As Jeff's family reels from the devastating news, Susan begins to mount her aggressive defense; that she needed to kill Jeff out of self-preservation for herself and her children after years of physical and mental abuse. But prosecutor Kelly Siegler is skeptical of her defense and forcefully argues she is a cunning, doe-eyed sociopath, who has used her good looks to try to get away with anything in life -- even murder.—Max Axall

Details

Keywords
  • violence
  • blood
  • true crime
  • jail sentence
  • bloody mattress
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Biography
Release date Mar 2, 2012
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-14
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Production companies Sony Pictures Television Lifetime SilverScreen Pictures

Box office

Budget $10000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 25m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.78 : 1

Synopsis

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