The family was surrounded by a colorful procession of friends and relatives, for example, Mama""s bullying, overbearing and boisterous older brother Uncle Chris Halverson (Oskar Homolka) - a ranch owner in Ukiah who was partnered with his long-time quiet common-law wife Jessie Brown (Barbara O""Neil), and Marta""s three sisters (all Aunts):Aunt Jenny (Hope Landin), bossyAunt Sigrid (Edith Evanson), whinyTrina (Ellen Corby), a wallflower, timid spinster/fiancee, who had plans o marry undertaker Thorkelson (Edgar Bergen, without a dummy)There was also impoverished boarder Mr." Driscoll really believes her life is in jeopardy and is feeling protective of her safety: "This is no place for a girl," he tells her.Wonder Woman lassoed Doomsday, to give Batman an opportunity to weaken the monster with the last of the three Kryptonite gas grenades, while Superman impaled the creature in the chest with the Kryptonite spear.She was unwilling to confront her middle-age while finding new values and relationships in Europe (as an ugly American) and regarding her older husband as boring and uncreative.Many critics/reviewers and fans have considered the film the best of the series.One of the reasons for its success was that the story and screenplay were co-written by Wes Craven.Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption (1994)andThe Green Mile (1999)) also worked on the screenplay.