Mother's Day (film)
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| Mother's Day | |
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 VHS cover for 'Mother's Day' |
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| Directed by | Charles Kaufman |
| Produced by | Alexander Beck Michael Herz Charles Kaufman Lloyd Kaufman Michael Kravitz |
| Written by | Charles Kaufman Warren Leight |
| Starring | Nancy Hendrickson Deborah Luce Tiana Pierce Frederick Coffin Michael McCleery |
| Music by | Phil Gallo Clem Vicari Jr. |
| Cinematography | Joseph Mangine |
| Editing by | Daniel Loewenthal |
| Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 1980 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Mother's Day is a 1980 horror film, directed by Charles Kaufman, a brother of Troma Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Kaufman, who served as an associate producer for the film.
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[edit] Plot
The plot gives currency to the long-time friendship of three mutual women: Abbey (Nancy Hendrickson), Jackie (Deborah Luce) and Trina (Tiana Pierce) who decidedly reunite every year to take a camping trip. Once while setting their vacation up in the woods, they find their trip turns into a worst nightmare when they are captured by a group of two partially insane punks: Ike (Holdem Mc Guire) and Addley (Billy Ray Mc Quade). The punks actually lead a comfortable living along with their mentally abnormal Mother (Rose Ross) in an occult hovel situated amidst the woods. All through the movie, their Mother goads her sons into acts of sex, violence and murder, who smacks her lips to find the sins going on and on in her own ways of liking. Eventually, in the heat of the nefarious acts, when one of the women is murdered by Ike and Addley, the remaining two flee off who thirst for a bloody revenge now.
[edit] Reception
Due to its scenes of violence and rape, it is often considered an exploitation film. Although not particularly successful at the time of the release, it was released on DVD in 2000[1] by Troma Entertainment and has garnered a cult following among horror/exploitation fans.
In the UK, the film was rejected by the BBFC, banning it from sale. In 2006 and again in 2008, the film was shown on the Horror Channel, evidently with no cuts. It has still not received a DVD release in the UK, however, making its status there somewhat ambiguous. The film was originally released with a 'R' rating in Australia. However, in 1985 it was banned and remains so to this day.
Popular comedian Bobby Collins makes an appearance as a motivational speaker.
[edit] References
- ^ Amazon.com: Mother's Day: Movies & TV: Nancy Hendrickson,Deborah Luce,Holden McGuire,Billy Ray McQuade,Tiana Pierce,Rose Ross,Ed Battle,Robert Carnegie,Marsella Davidson,Stanley Knapp,Scott Lucas,Karl Sandys,Bob Collins,Joseph Mangine,Charles S. Kaufman
