Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)

A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexpected direction.

Director:

Jonathan Wacks

Writer:

Chuck Hughes

Stars:

Eric Christmas, Steve Buscemi, Harper Roisman

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric Christmas	...	Mr. Abner
Steve Buscemi	...	Ed Chilton
Harper Roisman	...	Judge Fearson
Sam Jenkins	...	Storm Reynolds
Ned Beatty	...	Uncle Benny
Gary Farmer	...	Big Lar
Robert Harvey	...	Mr. Anderson
John Glover	...	A.J. Pattle
Miriam Margolyes	...	Mabel Chilton
Jon Gries	...	Rob Sundheimer
Dawn Hudson	...	Telemarketer
Eric Poppick	...	Sam Halibut
Rance Howard	...	Rev. Praxton
Warren Munson	...	Uncle Bill
Carol Schlanger	...	Aunt Sophie

Storyline

Ed misses his mother who has been dead for a year. He has lived almost his whole life with his mother, so when a stranger appears one day from a company called "Happy People Ltd." and claims that they can bring his mother back for 1 000$, he doesn't think long before he agrees. But everything doesn't go as it should go. For a while everything is fine and Ed's mother bakes cakes and takes care of him, exactly as before. But then she starts to act more and more strangely. Pealing potatoes in the fridge, repainting the kitchen over night, chasing dogs for meals, jumping over fences and other things that ordinary old mothers usually don't do. And when Rob (who was sent to jail by Ed's mother) appears, things really start to get out of hand.

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Plot Keywords:

dog | chainsaw | mother son relationship | uncle nephew relationship | macabre | 

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Taglines:

A family reunion with some minor complications.

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Genres:

Horror | Comedy

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Buen apetito, mamá

Filming Locations:

South Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Incorporated Television Company (ITC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Ed's mother's glasses as she jumps the fence.

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Quotes

Ed Chilton: My mother was a hardware man, and she taught me it was better to be a hammer than a nail.

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Crazy Credits

Found near the end of the credits about a character who died in a nasty way: Rob Sundheimer...dead but not forgotten.

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Connections

References Dead Alive (1992)

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Soundtracks

"Everything Right is Wrong Again"
by They Might Be Giants
(John Flansburgh and John Linnell)

User Reviews

Very funny, very lean, very dead

If you don't understand or love this movie, maybe you should ask your relatives to reanimate you - you could be dead! And didn't you love the job that Gary Farmer did as the harware store clerk??? He continues to be the best actor in almost every film he is in. Wonder what "Fargo" would have been like if he were Buscemi's accomplice?