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Summary: A great movie! One of my favorite 80's horror movies.
Review: I'm obsessed with this movie! When i first saw it in the theatres back in the 80's, this movie was severely cut due to the graphic violence. I love everything about this movie, from the casting, to the location shots, to the storyline and acting. For those unfamilar with the Troma movies, Troma is a company that specializes in grade B horror/sci-fi exploitation flicks. Many of the Troma movies have a very dark and twisted sense of humor to them, in additon to the drama and suspense or horror. Mother's Day is no exception. The story is about three girls who were best friends in college, who go on yearly reunions where they camp in the woods. This time they have chosen to camp out in an area where a demented family of hillbilly rednecks are living. Mother is the head of this strange family. She is living with her two backwoods sons and schooling them in the art and specialty of attacking and rapeing and killing of young women. This whole premise sounds totally sick and demented, and it is....as only the Troma team can present it. You have to see this movie to believe how incredibly over-the-top it is. The performances are excellent, especially the two sons. They are both adults, but behave like children due to their backwards upbringing. All that these boys want to do is make their Mother proud and be the best killers possible. The chemistry and interaction between Mother and her two sons makes for fun viewing. Even the three girls who eventually get kidnapped give credible performances. A lot of the female victims in horror movies are disposable characters that you really don't care if they get killed off or not, but there's enough character development here that you'll find yourself caring about the girls in Mother's Day. The final climactic showdown scene between the girls and the sons is exciting and memorable, mostly for the creative use of weapons. The only cheesy part of that scene was when one of the girls was shown holding a television set over her head as a murder weapon. You'll have to suspend your disbelief on that one. I guess tv sets were really light way back then (i'm being sarcastic!).The dvd extras include commercials for other Troma films, a few comedy skits about Troma that are so-so, and other stuff about Troma Studios. The best extra has to be the director's commentary because it is one of the best i've heard for a grade B horror movie since the commentary for The Evil Dead. I learned so much trivia and interesting info on the making of Mother's Day from the commentary. Fans of the movie will love the commentary!This movie has elements of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Last House On The Left, and i highly recommend this movie if you're a fan. Please keep in mind that Mother's Day is a dark comedy horror movie. It IS a horror movie, there's no denying that, BUT there are enough elements of twisted dark comedy to it involving the personalities of the two sons and their interaction with each other that it reminds us we're not watching a totally serious horror movie such as The Exorcist. Mother's Day is not for everyone, and many of the reviewers here on Amazon have said it's the worst film they have ever seen, blah blah blah. Anyone who says that is not a true fan of Troma films because they obviously don't understand the genre. You'll need to watch more than one Troma film to understand that statement. Just watch the trailers for the other films on this dvd and you'll know what i mean. This movie is excellent and i'm glad to see the dvd is the director's cut with all the violence and gore that was cut from the theatrical print lovingly put back in. If you loved Motel Hell (and i DO!!), you'll love Mother's Day.
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Summary: ?
Review: It turns from boring to disgusting to primitive to brainless.Three girlfriends go in the woods ( which takes over the half of the movie ) only to get kidnapped by two crazy Brothers and their Mother from Hell. They go through a lot of torture and rape, which rather wants to make you kill the director than it seriously disturbs you. After a while they are breaking free to castrate the one brother with an axe, while the other one gets filled with acid(?). After he throws up parts of his belly(?), he gets a TV over his head (? ) and then, to be sure he won't move anymore, cut to pieces (? ). Mother won't grow older of course too. Most of the movie is annoyingly stupid and offensive towards woman (nothing new and nothing likeable either). Sometimes you really doubt that the writer read anything before the movie was made. Just take the killing of the mother. There are a few effective moments, such has the leash-cut-through-the-hand scene but it doesn't save this movie from being made for lonley womanhaters that love to see innocent people suffering. It's really nothing for Charles Kaufman to be proud of.
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Summary: A Tromatic 80's Classic!
Review: Mother's Day is a classic piece of early 80's cinema that demandingly pelts the viewer with violence, gore, black humor and wit. This is more than a low budget splatter-fest and if you keep your eyes and ears peeled you'll catch all kinds of sub-texts and social commentaries that this type of picture is usually devoid of. Not surprisingly, Mother's Day remains as caustic and telling 25 years after its release as it was in 1980.
The storyline is simple, three former college co-eds escape the city for a weekend of relaxation in the woods. Of course relaxation is the last thing that these city twits are gonna get because brothers Ike and Adly are hell bent on having their way with them, and rest is certainly not on the menu.
The girls are dragged unmercifully to the inbreds' shack and are formally introduced to Mother. Mother approves of their latest earmarks, "Boys, you've made your mother very proud." From here on out the girls are tortured and raped, humiliated and debased in a variety of savage ways.
All the while Ike and Adly spout sound bytes from movies, music and television. They almost have their own language that only they can understand-like they're speaking in code. To the girls' dismay part of their torture includes pantomiming scenes from the clan's favorite movies. This type of behavior somehow validates these red-necks and they come away thinking that they are normal; or better yet, "citified."
This brood of backwards hill-jacks are a poisoned by-product of heartless, soulless Pop culture. They've O.D.'d on saccharine soaked cinema and gimmicky bullsh*t rock. Ike and Adly are intellectually incapable of recognizing fiction from nonfiction. They are violent and impulsive because that is exactly what they see and hear day in and day out on the tube. It's interesting to note that Mother's Day appears to be reacting to the very type of film that it is-though I don't think that was the directors intent.
Eventually one of the girls dies and it's up to the other two to avenge her death and boy do they! Axes to the groin, multiple stabbings and a gullet full of Drano do the boys in, but Mother gets extra special treatment as she is suffocated by a transparent inflatable pillow shaped like a pair of C cup breasts. Fantastic!
Unfortunately Mother's Day has yet to find its real footing in horror movie history, but in time it most surely will. What it lacks in plot and character development, is more than made up for with charm, cleverness and extensive bloodletting. Mother's Day could be considered the first Troma film, though in 1980 Troma was only a glimmer in the eye of Lloyd Kaufman. It would be 6 more years before Tromaville begat its gut buster of a splatter pic-The Toxic Avenger.
This DVD version contains gobs of extras including; Audio commentary by the director, an interview with the director, trailers and sneak peeks.
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Summary: Mother's Day... A Grand Holiday!
Review: MOTHER'S DAY, in order to be enjoyed, must be viewed as a parody. It borrows elements from TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, and LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, and ravels it all into one enjoyable horror film. In spite of all the horror that goes on within the movie, you cannot help but laugh at all the mistakes and at the dimwit brothers who kidnap girls to bring to their mother- who sits in a chair and watches them beat, rape, and kill them. What makes the film even more gruesome is that you actually care about what happens to the three girls who meet in the woods for a little college reunion and are kidnapped by the two brothers (which are, by the way, rather repulsive to look at) and brought, dragged around in their sleeping bags, to their home to show to their mother. This has all the elements of a great Troma film-- kind-of-bad acting (except the three girls are stand-outs in the film), some corny dialouge, pretty fair special effects, and a cheesy storyline... and it is GREAT. Some may call it "distasteful", others may call it "just plain stupid", but to me- and tons of other Troma fans- this is a milestone in the horror genre, and not to be missed. If you haven't already viewed this wonderful horror film-- WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? RENT IT TODAY!
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Summary: If you like trash, you will LOVE this
Review: Okay, so it's not ALL bad. It has its moments of gore, but it was not NEARLY as gory as i expected it to be. The story goes like this: Three annoying women, who have been friends forever go on a trip to the woods. They are captured by an old lady and her two stupid redneck sons. One of the girls is beaten and raped, the others escape and want revenge. The ending wil make you think "what the...." and then you will laugh. Buy it if you love trash, otherwise don't!
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Summary: Queenie
Review: Queenie is the one who stands out in this movie! Anyone who has seen this movie knows who I am talking about. Her performance (somewhere in the movie) was what left a lasting impression on me.
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Summary: CLASSIC 80's HORROR to the BONE!!!!!!
Review: the dvd comes out looking & sounding great! it comes with a few extras & then your buried in troma extras up to your eye balls(what else is new!???)anyway I LOVE THIS FLICK!!!its spoooky & goooooooooofy as hell & it brings me right back to when i was 7-8-9-10 years old & renting any horror flick that had a cool/scary cover & cool/scary pictures on the back from my local mamas & papas video store. i can't believe that i found this on dvd & i thank TROMA for putting it out on dvd BIG TIME!!!!!so hurry up & get this great cheeeeeezzze fest of an 80's flick & E!N!J!O!Y!
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Summary: CLASSIC 80's HORROR to the BONE!!!!!!
Review: the dvd comes out looking & sounding great! it comes with a few extras & then your buried in troma extras up to your eye balls(what else is new!???)anyway I LOVE THIS FLICK!!!its spoooky & goooooooooofy as hell & it brings me right back to when i was 7-8-9-10 years old & renting any horror flick that had a cool/scary cover & cool/scary pictures on the back from my local mamas & papas video store. i can't believe that i found this on dvd & i thank TROMA for putting it out on dvd BIG TIME!!!!!so hurry up & get this great cheeeeeezzze fest of an 80's flick & E!N!J!O!Y!
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Summary: The Best Horror Movie of all Time!
Review: This has to be the greatest horror movie ever made! I give it 5 out of 5 stars. It deals with a strange family (a mother and her two sons) that live in the woods. They stumble upon a family in their environment, and they take the 3 girls vacationing. They pull them back to thier little house out in the woods and [hurt] and murder one of them. Only two survive, or do they? You have to watch the end of the movie yourself and figure it out for yourself. I highly recommend it! It's the greatest horror movie ever made. Check it out! Buy it! It's Great! For more information. Look at my webpage dedicated to the movie at ...!!!
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Summary: I LOVE THIS MOVIE
Review: THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES EVER MADE
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