Mother's Day
Three girls discover that two men are willing to do anything to impress Mother and what impresses Mother is watching her sons 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?
Why it matters
A grimy, grindhouse dive into warped family dynamics and sadistic control that embodies early ’80s exploitation horror at its rawest.
- A brutal portrait of toxic masculinity and maternal manipulation that predates many modern “family horror” explorations.
- Features unflinching, unsettling violence that’s as much about psychological torture as physical — not for the faint of heart.
- A cult curiosity for fans of exploitation and slasher hybrids who appreciate horror’s seedier, less polished underbelly.
- The kind of bleak, oppressive atmosphere that lingers like a bad memory, capturing a grim era before the genre sanitized itself.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
100
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
43
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
14
Survival
100
Revenge
