 Piper Laurie won the Best Supporting Actress award from the Southeastern Film Critics Association for her work on the film.Set in a small 1940s Alabama town, the film follows Collin Fenwick (Edward Furlong) as he is sent to live with his father's maiden cousins, the sweet Dolly (Piper Laurie) and the overbearing Verena (Sissy Spacek), following the death of his mother.He soon discovers that the Talbo household is anything but normal.