Mother's Day (1980)

When you go into the woods today, you're in for a big surprise. When you go into the woods today you're not going to believe your eyes. But it ain't no "teddy bear picnic". Three girls ... See full summary »

Director:

Charles Kaufman

Writers:

Charles Kaufman, Warren Leight

Stars:

Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce, Tiana Pierce

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nancy Hendrickson	...	Abbey
Deborah Luce	...	Jackie
Tiana Pierce	...	Trina
Frederick Coffin	...	Ike (as Holden McGuire)
Michael McCleery	...	Addley (as Billy Ray McQuade)
Beatrice Pons	...	Mother (as Rose Ross)
Robert Collins	...	Ernie
Peter Fox	...	The 'Dobber' (as Karl Sandys)
Marsella Davidson	...	Terry
Kevin Lowe	...	Ted
Scott Lucas	...	Storekeeper
Ed Battle	...	Doorman
Robert Carnegie	...	Tex
Silas Davis
Stanley Kaufman	...	Older man at Pool Party

Storyline

When you go into the woods today, you're in for a big surprise. When you go into the woods today you're not going to believe your eyes. But it ain't no "teddy bear picnic". Three girls discover that two men are willing to do anything to impress Mother and what impresses Mother is watching her son commit acts of rape and murder. Now these women are prisoners and lowered to pawns in the game of checkers between two dim wits and their Maniac Mommy and the question becomes, can any of them escape, alive?

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Plot Keywords:

reunion | murder | rape | maniac | marijuana | 

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Taglines:

I'm so proud of my boys. They never forget their momma.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Troma

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dia das Mães Macabro

Filming Locations:

Connecticut, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$150,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Duty Productions, Saga Films, Troma Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 76 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shot across the lake at the same time the original Friday the 13th was being filmed.

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Goofs

It is seen that Jackie lives in New York City at the beginning of the film. However, her car has New Jersey license plates, if she really were a New York resident of course, her vehicle would have New York license plates.

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Quotes

Abbey: Jackie, everywhere you turned in life you got shit. Well now we'll do the fighting back for you.

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Connections

References Happy Days (1974)

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Soundtracks

"I think we're alone now"
by Tommy James & The Shondells

User Reviews

One of the classics

This movie is slow at parts, but when you hit 'Exercise time boyyyys!' you'll be glad you got it.

This is one of the funniest sequences i've ever seen. It shows the two brothers doing these completely ridiculous training drills, climaxing when Mother says to Ike - 'Get the big one!' and Ike then grabs a huge watermelon, hoists it over his head and in a fit of rage, smashes it. This is all to the tune of a B-movie horror rendition of the Rocky theme song.

I give it a 7 out of 10 A classic for B grade horror lovers