Plot

Keen to climb the social ladder by marrying a rich widow, Oliver finds the nerve to cheat on his partner Stanley. What he doesn't know is that her favorite hobby is murder--and it looks like he's next. Who can save Oliver the Eighth?

Barbershop owners Stanley and Oliver both answer a personal ad from a rich widow seeking a husband. Oliver hides Stanley's reply and only mails his own. When Oliver receives a proposal of marriage from the widow, he sets off to start a life of wealth and ease. But just then Stanley discovers his unsent letter and demands to go along. At the widow's home, they're informed by the creepy butler that his mistress is crazy; having been jilted by another Oliver, her hobby is marrying all the Olivers she can find and slitting their throats. So far, there have been seven Olivers.—Paul Penna <tterrace@wco.com>

Keen to climb the social ladder by marrying into money, the neighbourhood barber and ambitious suitor, Oliver, finds the nerve to cheat on his partner and friend, Stanley, and answer the classified ad of a lonely, affluent widow. Before long, the merry future husband arrives in her palatial mansion, with Stanley in tow; they eventually discover that the widow's favourite hobby is murder. Now, after a frenzied killing spree and a long string of unsolved deaths, it seems that poor Oliver is next in line. Who can save Oliver the Eighth?—Nick Riganas