The sadistic members of a villainous family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new home owners and their guests.The sadistic members of a villainous family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new home owners and their guests.The sadistic members of a villainous family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new home owners and their guests.
Patrick John Flueger
- Ike
- (as Patrick Flueger)
Alexa PenaVega
- Jenna - Party Girl
- (as Alexa Vega)
- Director
- Writers
- Scott Milam
- Charles Kaufman(1980 screenplay "Mother's Day")
- Warren Leight(1980 screenplay "Mother's Day")
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaDuring the filming of a scene that involved guns, the actors were pulled over and held at gunpoint by police who mistook them for people who had actually robbed a bank not far from where they were filming. After realizing that it was a big misunderstanding, the police and the film team all had a good laugh about it.
- GoofsAround the 1:42 mark, a crew member's reflection is seen on the glass, to the left of the nurse.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Projector: Mother's Day (2011)
- SoundtracksThe Mountain
Written by Erika Wennerstrom
Performed by Heartless Bastards
Courtesy of Fat Possum Records
Featured review
Though entertaining, a nonsensical plot leaves you underwhelmed
Rebecca De Mornay is always a great villain in every capacity and this is no different. Her performance is fantastic and generally keeps the film from falling. The rest of the cast do an adequate job, but it is De Mornay who keeps the tension high and makes sure the thrills come fast.
The film is shot nicely, just enough gore and violence to keep you wincing, but not too much that the film is driven by it. The script though nothing special gives the villains of the piece something to play with. The victims however seem to fall at this hurdle speaking the same lines you expect to hear from this type of film. Jaime King is the biggest disappointment, her performance is flat and her characters motives are idiotic.
The plot is the biggest problem here, the holes in the plot can be seen from space and characters just don't mesh into the story properly. Despite an intriguing premise and knock out lead antagonist, Mother's Day falls in with a lot of sub-standard mainstream horror/thriller's of the moment.
I enjoyed the film a lot, but the plot holes unfortunately left me feeling underwhelmed. I spent more of film tutting at it than sitting back and enjoying it. And I'm pretty sure the intention of the film wasn't for me to be rooting for the "bad" guys at the end.
The film is shot nicely, just enough gore and violence to keep you wincing, but not too much that the film is driven by it. The script though nothing special gives the villains of the piece something to play with. The victims however seem to fall at this hurdle speaking the same lines you expect to hear from this type of film. Jaime King is the biggest disappointment, her performance is flat and her characters motives are idiotic.
The plot is the biggest problem here, the holes in the plot can be seen from space and characters just don't mesh into the story properly. Despite an intriguing premise and knock out lead antagonist, Mother's Day falls in with a lot of sub-standard mainstream horror/thriller's of the moment.
I enjoyed the film a lot, but the plot holes unfortunately left me feeling underwhelmed. I spent more of film tutting at it than sitting back and enjoying it. And I'm pretty sure the intention of the film wasn't for me to be rooting for the "bad" guys at the end.
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- mad_mandonna
- Jul 3, 2011
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Box office
- Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $863,044
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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