Die, Mommie, Die!

Die, Mommie, Die! is a 2003 American satirical black comedy film written by and starring female impersonator Charles Busch. The movie blends spoof and homage, borrowing heavily from the conventions of American "Psycho-biddy" films and plays from the 1950s and 1960s, which often featured strong, sometimes domineering female leads. It is based on Busch's 1999 play of the same name.

The story begins with Angela Arden, a lounge singer whose career has stalled, kneeling at the grave of her twin sister Barbara. Angela is trapped in a miserable marriage to film producer Sol Sussman, with whom she has two children: Lance, a gay and emotionally troubled son, and Edith, a "daddy's girl" who openly despises her mother. The household also includes Bootsie, a nosy maid infatuated with Sol. Bored and unhappy, Angela begins an affair with Tony Parker, a tennis-playing womanizer and failed actor rumored to be well-endowed.

Sol discovers the affair through a private detective and confronts Angela, but refuses to divorce her. Instead, he gives her "life in prison," canceling her credit cards and destroying a contract for a New York performance. Feeling trapped and wanting access to Sol's money, Angela poisons him with an arsenic-laced suppository, targeting his chronic constipation.

Angela inherits virtually nothing from Sol's will, and her children, along with Bootsie, grow suspicious of her role in his death. The circumstances also revive old questions about Barbara's suicide. Edith and Lance plot to force a confession, lacing Angela's coffee with LSD. During her drug-induced ramble, Angela reveals not only that she poisoned Sol, but that she is actually Barbara. In flashback, Barbara explains that after her own career collapsed and she was arrested for jewelry theft, she arrived at Angela's mansion to find her sister abusive and egotistical. Barbara poisoned Angela and assumed her identity to take over her life, family, and career. The children watch in confusion as Barbara announces she killed Angela.

As the children turn over a tape of the confession to Tony, they argue over who will run away with him, but he politely refuses both. A masked assailant attacks Barbara; she unmasks him to reveal Sol. Sol explains that he and Bootsie faked his death to escape mob debts, and that he killed Bootsie to protect the secret.