Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

92 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie | May 3, 1993

Elizabeth Montgomery plays serial killer, churchgoer, and grandmother Blanch Taylor Moore in this, one of her last films before her untimely passing. Childhood memories of her womanizing and abusive father fill Moore with a hidden rage towards all men. Her former boyfriend, first husband and father all died of arsenic poisoning. Now her fiancé, the town's minister, is stricken the same way. Based on the true crime book Preacher's Girl: The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore, the film is buoyed by Montgomery's startling performance, and keeps you on the edge of your seat until its final moments.

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

92 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie | May 3, 1993

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Elizabeth Montgomery plays serial killer, churchgoer, and grandmother Blanch Taylor Moore in this, one of her last films before her untimely passing. Childhood memories of her womanizing and abusive father fill Moore with a hidden rage towards all men. Her former boyfriend, first husband and father all died of arsenic poisoning. Now her fiancé, the town's minister, is stricken the same way. Based on the true crime book Preacher's Girl: The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore, the film is buoyed by Montgomery's startling performance, and keeps you on the edge of your seat until its final moments.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Lorimar Television, Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions, Andrea Baynes Productions
Original title Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Directors Alan Metzger
Writers Judith Paige Mitchell

Cast

Elizabeth Montgomery

as Blanche Taylor Moore

David Clennon

as Dwight Moore

John M. Jackson

as Raymond Reid

Grace Zabriskie

as Ethel

Bruce McGill

as Morgan

Mark Rolston

as O'Keefe

Guy Boyd

as Kevin Denton

John Philbin

as Ray Jr.

Phoebe Augustine

as Cathy

Matt Ryan

as Stevie

Katy Boyer

as Lujane

Tom Wood

as Doug, Dwight's Son

Stephen Root

as Dr. Kirby