A young man raised by his eccentric aunt (played by Jimmy McNichol and Susan Tyrrell) is trying to get a basketball scholarship while also romancing a charming blonde woman (Julia Duffy). The situation becomes complicated when a death occurs, which brings in a detective with rigid views (Bo Svenson). The strangely named "Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker" (1981) was adapted from its source novel. The author’s inspir…