Mother's Day

Plot synopsis:
An unknown woman enters a hospital and goes to the maternity ward dressed as a nurse. She passes a security guard, who asks for identification. She ignores him, and takes the elevator. She then grabs a baby, and tries to leave, only to be stopped by the security guard. He tries to reason with the unknown woman, only to be stabbed in the neck by an unseen man.Earlier...................Beth Sohapi (Jaime King) is having a birthday party for her husband, Daniel Sohapi (Frank Grillo) with the help of their friends, married couple Treshawn (Lyriq Bent) and Gina Jackson (Kandyse McClure).Meanwhile, three brothers, Ike (Patrick Flueger), Addley (Warren Kole), and Johnny Koffin (Matt O'Leary), are on the run from the law after a bank robbery gone wrong. Johnny, the youngest, has been shot, and has his brothers panicking. The brothers decide to head for home, so that their mother can provide them with a getaway.Back at the house, Dave Lowe (Tony Nappo) and his fiancee, Annette Langston (Briana Evigan), George Barnum (Shawn Ashmore) and his girlfriend, Melissa McGuire (Jessie Rusu), and Daniel's co-worker, and friend, Julie Ross (Lisa Marcos) arrive and are also celebrating Daniel's birthday. The news reports a tornado is heading their way, and the basement is tornado proof.The three brothers reach their mother's home, and find that their mother is nowhere to be found, and that their stuff has been replaced. Addley begins to freak out. Daniel, thinking it's his friend, Charlie, who has found a way in, goes upstairs to greet him, only to be attacked by the brothers. They learn that Beth and Daniel now own the house, after their mother lost the house on a foreclosure. As they are ready to flee the home, Beth appears from the basement. Confused, and not knowing what she is seeing, Beth flees but only reaches the front lawn, before Ike drags her back inside. Addley and Ike begin to bicker, and Beth tells them that George is a doctor. Ike makes her bring George upstairs, and threatens to kill Daniel if she tries to trick him. Without alerting her friends, Beth asks George for help, who is quickly forced to help Johnny. Ike gets a phone call from his sister, Lydia (Deborah Ann Woll), who informs him that she and their mother are now living in an RV,and will be on their way to the house. Just as Ike hangs up, Julie emerges from the basement, and is chased back down by Addley, who forces them down on the ground. Julie tries to run out the basement doors, but Addley pulls her, and she knocks herself out. Ike brings Beth and Daniel downstairs, and tells Addley to stay calm. As Ike begins to assist George, Addley stays downstairs harassing the hostages, by pretending to rape Annette, and taking Dave's wig. After a while, Lydia pulls over, and the brothers' "Mother" Natalie Koffin (Rebecca De Mornay) appears and is angry at Ike for losing their emergency phone. She also tells him that she has someone who will cross them across the border to Canada, but it will cost them ten thousand dollars.Natalie is taken to the basement and meets the hostages. Initially, she is nice to the hostages, thanking George for saving her son, and even tells Lydia to assist him. She also apologizes to the hostages for her children's mistake, explaining it is all a misunderstanding and she will be leaving in the morning after Johnny gets better. She learns that her sons have been sending her money every month, since she lost the house. She tries to ask Beth and Daniel, politely, for the money, but after they tell her that they have no idea of what she is talking about, she thinks that they are hiding it, and tries to get them to cave, by forcing Addley and Ike to break Daniel's hand.Afterwards, Natalie robs the hostages, and makes them write down their ATM pin numbers. As she tells Beth to go with Ike to withdraw all the money from their debit cards, Melissa quickly gets up, and runs upstairs, with Addley going after her. as she reaches the door, George attacks Addley, but is hit in the face with the gun. A frightened Melissa runs to the front door, and is shot in the face. After they load Melissa into the trunk, Beth and Ike take off, leaving Natalie and Addley to clean up the mess, while Lydia syphons the hostages' gas. After cleaning the mess, Natalie confronts Addley for hurting Annette. He breaks down, as his Mother punishes him. George wakes up, and is told that his life depends on Johnny, while he threatens to kill Johnny if anything happens to his friends.Meanwhile, Ike and Beth stop at a dumpster, where Ike forces Beth to throw Melissa over, after they find it to be locked. Back at the house, George notices that Lydia seems to have some issues, and has issues with Addley. Downstairs, in the basement, the hostages begin to split into two groups, as one wants to fight back, while the other wants to listen to the family. Lydia then appears and takes Annette upstairs, where she is forced to serve ice cream. She quickly realizes that George is still alive, and that Natalie just wants to protect her children.Beth and Ike pull over at an ATM, where Beth begins to withdraw the money, when two young party girls, Vicky Rice (A.J. Cook) and Jenna Luther (Alexa Vega) pull up in their car and get in line behind them, mocking Beth for taking so long. While Ike tries to get the women to go to another ATM, Beth tries to get Vicky's attention and warns her to leave, but before the two girls can, Ike realizes what is going on, and holds them hostage. Ike then teaches Beth a lesson (as they had an argument earlier that murder is human nature) by giving the girls one knife, and telling them that whoever kills the other, will get to live. Vicky picks the knife up, but quickly drops it after Jenna pleads. Ike then decides to kill them both, so Jenna kills Vicky. Jenna hears an ambulance, and runs towards it, but is shot down by Ike in the process.Back at house, Annette tries to get the others to listen, as Natalie is only helping her sons, only to be ignored by Treshawn. In the dump, two sanitation workers pull over, and find a whimpering Melissa behind the dumpster, and call the police. Lydia is in the restroom, trying to wash off some blood from her shirt, when George walks in. He finds her pills on the floor, and she informs him that she must take them because of her sensitive skin. George tells her that the pills are sugar, and learns she never saw a doctor, and was also home schooled. He then tells her that her mother lied to have Lydia cover herself up, so that boys don't notice her. He gives her his shirt, and she takes it, just as Natalie walks in on them. She warns George to stay away from her. As they hear the news, police officer Skay (Mike O'Brien), pulls over and Natalie forces Daniel to send the officer away, threatening to hurt Beth. Daniel co-operates with the officer, and sends him away. After being sent downstairs, Natalie realizes Daniel is a good liar, and tells Lydia to look for the money downstairs. There, Lydia finds a Valentine's Day card to Julie, from Daniel.Meanwhile, Ike tells Beth that they don't have enough money, so Beth tells him how Treshawn owns a dry cleaner's. Ike gives Beth the phone, and calls Treshawn to ask him for the safe's pass code. Treshawn does so, and also tells Beth he has a gun in the cabinet.As Johnny begins to bleed, he breaks down to his Mother, and tells her he doesn't want to die a virgin, breaking his Mother's heart. George, who asked to get cleaned up, finds Lydia, and asks who Queenie is, a name he heard earlier. A scared Lydia tells him the story of Queenie, a monster who her mother says lives in the woods, and punishes bad kids. Although she doesn't believe the story, she is still traumatized by the sounds she hears outside.Down in the basement, the hostages are trying to keep calm, when Addley comes down the stairs, and tells them that one of the women is getting lucky by popping his younger brother's cherry. As he asks who they choose to send upstairs, everyone turns their back on Julie, so Addley drags her upstairs. An angry Treshawn grabs a pool stick and runs after them, but Mother quickly brings Julie back downstairs, stating she is not worthy of her son, and quickly lays her eyes on Gina, after Treshawn tries to be the "strong man". She finds Gina perfect, and tells Addley to take Gina upstairs, who breaks down, and tells them that Dave works at a bank, and he and Annette are not friends of hers, nor Treshawn's. Mother Natalie, not knowing who to pick, forces Treshawn and Dave to fight, and the loser's woman will be forced upstairs. As the two men decline, she threatens to take both women. As Addley plays the song "Whack-A-Doo", Dave and Treshawn fight, as their women cheer for them not to give up. Treshawn ends up winning, and Annette is dragged upstairs by Addley. Back upstairs, Johnny has stopped breathing, and George is trying to convince Lydia to change her mind, as she is not like her family, but Lydia shows she loves her family, and will not turn against them. As Johnny is revived, Addley walks in with Annette, and calls his mother. Lydia notices what is going on, and warns her Mother that what she plans to do is not right, but Mother tells Lydia that they are lying to them, and are hiding the money.At the dry cleaner's, Beth mixes the combination numbers to buy some time at getting Treshawn's gun. After Ike opens the safe, and gets the money, Beth gets the gun, and points it at Ike. As he gives her the cellphone, Ike reaches for the gun, and Beth hits him in the head with an iron. She runs and hides in the clothes, after finding the doors locked. Ike begins taunting her, while she is on hold with the police. As she reaches the police, Ike catches her.Back at the house, Mother is makes Annette change into something more "decent". While looking through a box which contains pictures of a boy, and various newspaper articles, it is concluded Daniel and Beth have been having problems after their son was run over. Annette pleads that she believed Mother that no one would be hurt, but Mother ignores her pleads, and takes her to Johnny. As George tries to protect Annette, Lydia is forced to take him away, where they try to tune out the screams. Annette is forced to strip for Johnny, as Mother forces Annette to touch Johnny, who seems to feel pity for Annette. As they are about to begin, Johnny wounds begin to bring pain, and Annette is forced downstairs to the basement, after George tells her to go to the "gold box". Downstairs, Treshawn is able to unlock the basement doors, but is forced to retrieve back when Addley bursts downstairs with Annette. He taunts Dave by smacking Annette's butt, which causes Dave to attack Addley. As Gina runs to open the basement doors, Treshawn runs to help Dave, only for Addley to accidentally shoot Dave in the face, causing it to explode. As Addley apologizes, a hysterical Annette runs to her dead boyfriend, while Mother notices Gina is escaping. Mother turns to Daniel, and threatens to kill Beth if he doesn't bring Gina back. Ignoring Treshawn's pleads, Daniel runs after Gina, who has found no help as the tornado is getting closer. Gina hears Daniel, and pleads for him to go with her, as Mother will not let any of them live. Daniel declines, and tries to get Gina to go back with him, who doesn't agree, and tries to run away. Daniel grabs her, but Gina squeezes his broken hand, before fleeing after an ambulance. Daniel takes off after her, and pushes her down.Elsewhere, at the hospital, Melissa is rushed into the ER, but is unable to say what has happened to her, as they have drugged her. The tornado has brought a heavy storm, and Ike and Beth are almost at the house, when Officer Skay pulls them over, citing that he is forced to bring people to a shelter. Beth lets him know that she and her "husband" are on their way home, which is less than a mile away. Beth gives Skay the insurance, which includes her and Daniel's name. Skay sees the insurance, and understands that Beth is being held hostage. He tricks Ike by confusing Beth and Daniel's last name, "Sohapi" and "so happy". Ike falls for the confusion, and Skay makes him turn off the car. Ike, knowing the officer is on to him, gets out of the car, and shoots Skay down. He makes Beth drive, but then makes her run over Skay, as he is wearing a vest, but Beth flips the car over at the last minute.Meanwhile, Gina wakes up in the basement, with Mother standing over her, Addley boiling water, and Lydia pointing a gun at her. Mother lets Gina know that she will have to be punished. Mother gets out of sight, and Treshawn is now tied up in a column, with plastic wrap. Mother informs Gina that she will be punished by punishing Treshawn instead of her. Addley gets the boiling water, and burns Treshawn's ears. The hot water also goes into his eyes. Julie, Annette, and Daniel watch this in horror, as they are also tied up in a column with plastic wrap. Gina also watches in horror, not being able to do anything, as Lydia points a gun at her the whole time.Back at the storm, Skay gets up, being slightly injured, and goes to Beth's aide. Beth is injured, and lets Skay know that Ike is not moving. As Skay approaches to help Beth, Ike opens his eyes, and points the gun at Skay's forehead, before pulling the trigger, as Beth cries. Mother begins to walk around, thinking for a way to make Daniel give up the money, when she finds the box with his son's memories, and takes it to Daniel, where she taunts him with them. Daniel cries, as Mother burns a picture, and asks for the money. Daniel cries that he doesn't have it, angering Mother, who continues to burn all of his stuff. Mother then turns to Julie, and makes Addley drop liquor on her head, before burning her head. Mother then quickly goes to Julie, and puts the fire out, stating that "Marriage is sacred". As she goes upstairs, Mother begins to question whether she was doing wrong, torturing an innocent, so she begins to look around for the money. Gina, now tied up with plastic wrap on the floor, finds a way to get up. She turns on the chimney, and puts her bound hands through it, burning the plastic wrap off. She unties herself, and quickly goes to Treshawn. At the hospital, Melissa is able to wake up during operation, and warns the doctor that Beth is in trouble. The doctors get the police.Meanwhile, Annette remembers the gold box that George told her about, and tells Gina to open it. As Gina opens it and finds knives, Mother finds a painting in the restroom. She grabs it, and finds all the money that her sons have been sending her inside it. She orders Addley to bring Daniel upstairs. Addley goes to the basement and finds Treshawn missing, but before he can react, Daniel attacks him, and Gina puts plastic wrap over his face. Daniel and Annette then take turns stabbing him, as he apologizes for what he has done. Julie is also about to stab him, but drops him, showing remorse. Treshawn, now half deaf and blind, grabs Addley's gun, and goes upstairs to try and kill Mother. Gina goes after him, trying to stop him, but Treshawn does not hear her. She surprises Treshawn, who reacts quickly, and shoots her in the side. As he realizes what he did, Mother shoots him dead. Mother goes to the basement, and finds Addley dead. She calls Ike, and makes Daniel say goodbye to Beth. As he lets Beth know he is sorry, Mother shoots Daniel dead, as Beth listens, and breaks down. Mother then tells Ike that Addley is dead, and to bring Beth home. Ike then begins to grieve his brother's death.Back at the house, Lydia ties Julie and Annette with plastic wrap again. George begins to tell Mother that none of her kids look like one another, and look nothing like her. Mother, enraged, threatens to kill him, but Lydia convinces her that they need George. Ike and Beth then burst through the front door, and Mother lets Ike know Beth and Daniel had the money all along, and makes George and Lydia help Ike take Johnny to the RV. Mother reveals to Julie and Annette that Beth was the one who hid the money and is the one responsible for all their friend's deaths. Beth then reveals that she was hiding the money for the baby that she will have. She also reveals she knew Daniel was cheating, and wanted to leave him. Mother, now enraged, makes her take a pregnancy test.In the RV, Ike tells George he must now shoot George, as they don't need him anymore, but Lydia pleads that he can come with him. Ike agrees, and turns to Johnny. As George is going to thank Lydia, Johnny shoots him dead, stating that he knows George will somehow find a way to tell the police. Lydia exits the RV, and breaks down. Beth takes the pregnancy test, and it comes out positive. Mother tells Beth that she is lucky to have life in her belly. As she turns, Beth grabs the toilet lid, and knocks out Mother, before going to Annette and Julie. She unties Annette, and tells her about a rifle in the garage, while Beth unties Julie. Ike exits the RV, and goes looking for Lydia. After Beth unties Julie, who reveals to Beth she was Daniel's mistress, Annette gets the rifle, but finds it to be empty. Beth runs to the garage, while Julie says they should run for it. She goes to the front door, finds Lydia, and closes the door, before running after Beth. Julie runs into Ike, who is aiming a shotgun at her. She closes the door and tries to run away, but half her face is blown off as Ike shoots her. In the garage, Beth and Annette try looking for bullets, but are forced to hide when they hear Ike coming. Ike begins to look for them, but they attack him. He is able to grab Beth, but Annette shoots him in the face with a nail gun. They make a run for it, but Ike attacks them again. They begin to choke him, before filling his face with Drano, and then dropping a television on his face. The two hear Mother coming. Annette goes looking for help, while Beth faces Mother.Mother, now filled with raged that her oldest son is dead, goes after Beth. The two fight, and Mother is able to knock Beth down. Mother begins filling the house with gasoline, and lights it on fire, just as Beth wakes up. She grabs a cutting board, and knocks out Mother with it. She goes outside, just as the firefighters reach the house. She hugs Annette, just as the firefighters find a survivor. They find Gina, who is severely injured. Beth tells the firefighters that Mother is still inside, but the firefighters find no one, as the house burns down.Months later, Beth's water has broke, and she is taken to the hospital by Annette, Gina, and Melissa. That night, Beth wakes up to the emergency alarms going off. She gets up, and goes to check on her son, who is now missing. Beth screams in horror that her infant son is gone.In the final scene, Mother Natalie is revealed to be alive and well and was in fact the woman at the beginning who broke into the maternity ward, and Johnny was the unseen doctor who killed the security guard. Lydia is driving the RV, while Mother Natalie sings Beth's baby a lullaby and telling Lydia and Johnny that they have a new member to the family... implying that she has gotten her final twisted and cruel back-at-you revenge against Beth by abducting her baby and will raise it as her own... in a life of crime, murder and other debauchery.

Tags: revenge, murder

Review:
I came across this movie out of the blue, and I'm really happy I did.I wasn't expecting much because of the name, 'Mother's Day'; it sounds like a cheap production.Let me say that I enjoyed this move way more than the remake of "I Spit On Your Grave" and "Last House on the Left".I was disappointed to see that it only has a 6 star rating, while the other 2 are slightly higher.The movie does start out a bit slow but if you hang with it until the end there are a few scenes that made this old horror movie lover wince, and that's saying a lot.The acting was pretty solid, and Rebecca Demornay was absolutely fantastic.See it if you enjoyed Last House on the Left..
Yet another remake that has been churned out from Hollywood over the recent years, and although I've never seen the original I can't really compare the two, but this as a stand alone movie is really good well paced slasher/thriller.The plot = Three brothers on the run from the police after a botched bank robbery.
The brothers hold them hostage, as they await the return of Mother.I've only ever seen clips of the original, but from what I can tell that this is almost completely different, such as the setting instead of in the backwoods America we get a suburban house-hold in which I was slightly disappointed, being a huge fan of backwoods survival flicks, but accepted and understood the necessity for the change.
With all the changes, the movie is now more of a home invasion crime thriller than the horror flick that many might've thought it'd be.The performances in this movie are top notch especially Rebecca De Mornay who plays the sadistic mother showing the audience a kind (yet still devious) and sadistic side of her character and the great lengths that she'd go to protect her family, and it's also nice to see her back in movies again I loved her in "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle" back in the early 90's.
Other great performances came from recent slasher stars Jaime King (My Bloody Valentine 3D) and Briana Evigan (Sorority Row) they were great together, Jaime King hits all the right notes especially in her scenes alongside Rebecca De Mornay.All in all this movie was violent and brutal at all the right times and offered some decent tense parts that involved our hostages attempting to escape, definitely worth watching..
Unfortunately it's not their home anymore, so they take the couple living there and their party guests hostage and violence becomes the order of the day; especially with the arrival of the boys' psychotic mother...It's bloody and bloody intense as director Darren Lynn Bousman updates the original to modern times.
Returning to their home like normal following a botched bank robbery, a group of criminals begin to terrorize and torment the new owners for the money they believe is being hidden away from them, forcing them into a deadly battle to escape.Hyper-stylized remake that has a lot of rather poor points rather detrimental in nature.
nobody knows who this queeny is, or why they keep talking about her..im really disappointed, not about the movie, its a remake of mothers day.., what you gonna expect..just that i always liked seeing rebecca de mornay, but this movie, well its midway down the spiral staircase..
Mother has three sons.Her family of criminals stays together and slays together.Her prison-free sons crash their old address not knowing that mum has been evicted.They find new tenants and their friends partying.Nine potential hostages.The home invasion and humiliation show begins.Mommy appears and things become complicated..."Mother's Day" AD 2010 is the remake of Troma's "Mother's Day" from 1980.The premise of redneck terror in the woods is gone,though.The characters are quite bizarre and one-dimensional.There are some unsettling scenes of violence too,but the gore is quite sparse.I enjoyed Rebecca De Mornay's devilish performance as the mother.If you liked recent remake of "I Spit on Your Grave" you can't go wrong with "Mother's Day".8 mothers out of 10..
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.
Darren Lynn Bousman's movie Mother's Day has to be the BEST horror/thriller home invasion chiller I have ever seen, and that's saying A LOT, seeing as I've seen just about every home invasion horror.A few couples get together to welcome the Sohapis' to their new house.
Mother's Day is a well-crafted, suspenseful horror/thriller that hearkens back in many ways to the original Saw since while Jigsaw's traps in the original Saw were gruesome (as were the results), the focus was not on the over-the-top gore but rather the rising tension, fear and desperation as a situation spirals out of control for both the Koffins and the victims.From the opening moments of the film, the plot just builds steam and never, ever slows down.
The entire ensemble gives incredible performances, from Rebecca DeMornay's disturbed but endearing portrayal of Mother; to Aaron Ashmore's role as doctor to a wounded member of the Koffin family; or the rest of the cast, who each play unique and beautifully damaged characters.Coming from his stint on the Saw films, you might expect a Mother's Day film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman to be incredibly violent.
The new owners and their friends are gathered around for a birthday party when the boys arrive, but it's certainly no party once Mother and Lydia arrive.What follows is pretty standard in most home invasion and "normal people trapped in a nightmare" flicks: secrets and lies and selfish behavior blur the line between the good guys and the bad guys, there's some decent gore, more than a few intense moments, and a good performance by Rebecca De Mornay as mother.
Mother's Day (1980) was one of the many "B-movies" I saw during the '80s, and I honestly do not remember it with much precision nor particular affection, so I started watching its remake with low expectations and knowing that I would not be able to make too much comparisons to the original film.
And very surprisingly, Mother's Day (2010) ended up being a very competent remake which offers substance, emotional impact, irreverence and even social commentary in its well written screenplay.I generally distrust of the films which are supported by the "home invasion" premise, because that is almost always employed as a cheap trick to create conflict and force violent situations without cultivating interesting characters nor a solid story (two examples: The Strangers and the remake of Black Christmas).
I remember seeing the original back when VHS was king & the only thing I remember about it is the opening city scenes were filmed in Jersey City, my hometown.A backhanded compliment to be sure but I'll take what I can get.As to this film, what a waste of time.I hate that a movie like this comes along & it encourages the worst kind of audience interaction possible since I spent the majority of my viewing time screaming at the screen for the victims to do something while the onslaught of evil kept happening over & over again.I shouldn't be shocked that this comes from the man who brought us the first Saw since the original Mother's Day may've influenced that film but when are these neo horror filmmakers are going to get the concept that no one tunes in to see 2 hours of victims being victims.If you're rooting for the villains then they're something psychologically wrong with you.A pass..
"Mother's Day" was a huge surprise for me, I was expecting just a bit of fun really like the "Saw" films which I very much enjoy, and "Repo!" which I also liked a lot.
You'd expect their to be a bit of a lull now and then as well, but that doesn't really happen either, the writers do the right thing by building the characters up throughout the film instead of doing most of it at the start, and we actually get to learn a lot about them as the story progresses, putting the audience more in the villains shoes than the heroes."Mother's Day" has also confirmed Darren Lynn Bousmen to be one of the best modern horror directors because he simply knows his stuff.
Mother's Day a remake in name only is a nifty, brutal, character based, psychological horror thriller of the best kind.
It's been a while since I've seen a genre film with such good performances and that goes for the direction and screenplay as well Daryn Lynn Bousman may have started off on some questionable Saw sequels (the better of them in my opinion) , the horrid 11/11/11 and the great Repo!
While most people abhor the modern remakes of original horror films, I find myself loving so many of these remakes (aka reboots of older horror movies).2010's Mother's Day is the most recent gem that I've come across.
if they could get over the fact that these films are "remakes" , they'd probably find that these films are helluva fun thrill rides that are likely to provide great entertainment to all who enjoy the horror/thriller genres of movies..
Mother's Day is a solid movie that starts out well and eventually devolves into the standard uncreative norms of movies of this type.Mother's Day is less a horror/slasher film and much more of a thriller, but it sometimes thinks it wants to be a horror movie, and there seem to be several thrown in scenes where the director notices that there has not been human blood for a few minutes and decides to change that.Rebecca De Mornay does a solid job as the mother of a band of psychos who come back home only to find that a normal family has moved into their house and is having a party.
Johnny is seriously wounded by a shot and the gang has been double-crossed by their partner Ethan Poe that robbed the stolen money.When the criminals arrive at home, they discover that their mother Natalie Koffin (Rebecca De Mornay) and their sister Lydia Koffin (Deborah Ann Woll) lost their house two months ago and now Beth and Daniel are the owners of the place.
I haven't seen the original Troma flick, so can't compare them in regards to similarity, although I'm guessing the remake is more accomplished technically.Anyway, Mother's Day concerns a group of socialites partying in a newly bought house, who are suddenly home invaded by a trio of bank robbers on the run.
Usually I'm wary of remakes, as there have been more misses than hits in this regard, but Mother's Day is a well made, reasonably tense and pretty darn mean spirited horror thriller, with several twists and turns along the way, some predictable and some refreshingly left field.With a grim tone throughout, and some nasty and mean violence, it's well worth checking out and any horror fan could do a lot worse.
Mother's Day is a re-make of a Japanese 'troma B' film in which a group of people were terrorised in the woods, but here the action is re-located to the confines of someone's home.Japanese films also have a reputation for their heavy blood lust, and with this also a disturbing modern trend in mainstream Hollywood films, MD doesn't hold back on this, with an excessive amount of brutal, savage blood letting through out that is pretty gratuitous and not really necessary to tell the story in any way, but makes it stand out (if only for the wrong reasons.) That's not to mention the sick, twisted mind fu*k tone of the film that is extremely bleak and nasty.The film seems to revolve around the theme of sacrifice, with characters routinely being put in situations where they have to choose someone else's life or their own, or characters being tortured for the mistakes of others in front of them.
Which was a nice surprise, obviously.This movie was really captivating, in the sense that the storyline was well thought through and nicely executed by the director, Darren Lynn Bousman, but also in the sense that the people cast for the various roles really did great jobs with their characters.The story in "Mother's Day" is about three brothers seeking refuge in what used to be their house, running from the law enforcement.
And there was a couple of nice turns and twists to the storyline along the way, making the movie not as predictable as it otherwise could have been.If you enjoy a good thriller, then "Mother's Day" is definitely well worth checking out..
Others must agree with me, because she repeats a similar role in this home invasion horror story that's apparently a remake of a Z-grade Troma movie from yesteryear.MOTHER'S DAY is an unpleasant film, there are no two ways about it.
Funnily enough, I recently saw the LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT remake which covers much the same ground as this movie, with much the same style.One of the benefits of MOTHER'S DAY is a pretty large cast which allows plenty of situations, showdowns and scenarios to be explored.
It's obvious that Bousman loves the original and that he has poured his heart into creating not just a great remake but a truly superb film in it's own right.The film is shocking violent at times and while this was to be expected the most surprising aspect of Mother's Day is just how well the psychological horror is implemented.
Starts Off Good But Quickly Goes Bad. Mother's Day (2010) * 1/2 (out of 4)Really bad remake of the horrendous 1980 film features Rebecca DeMornay playing a demented mom who leads her three boys and girl into their former home, which is now owned by new people.
MOTHER'S DAY was the first horror film I've seen in a very long time that started off so well only to quickly run out of gas and then crumble into something really, really bad.
A thoroughly enjoyable film gruesome, nasty just how i like them......I am hoping that there will be a Mothers Day if the ending is anything to go by..........keeping fingers crossed they use the same Director......I can't for the life of me can't see how people give this a 1 or 2 star.........when it head and shoulders above most of the so called horror that is churned out..
Bousman's version of Mother's Day kept to the realism of "my God, this could actually be happening...anywhere...at any time in a neighborhood just like yours and mine!" Great casting, believable acting and just plain perfection when it came to directing, script/plot, editing and special FX.
Rebecca De Mornay (the hand that rocks the cradle) stars as the sadistic mother of the vicious Koffin clan who will go to any lengths to get her boys out of a jam that they find themselves in after breaking into the family's childhood home after a botched robbery, not realizing that new owners reside their now.
I've already forgiven Darren Lynn Bousman for his lousy Saw sequels, having since thoroughly enjoyed his inventive horror musical 'Repo: The Genetic Opera'; Bousman now rises even higher in my estimations thanks to Mother's Day, a gruelling home invasion horror film that goes that extra mile to make its audience squirm uncomfortably in their seat.Very loosely based on the early 80s Troma movie of the same name, Mother's Day sees a gang of ruthless criminals, the Koffin brothers, narrowly escape the clutches of law to the safety of their childhood home only to discover that their domineering mother has foreclosed on the property due to lack of funds, and that the house now belongs to a married couple, Daniel and Beth Sohapi (Frank Grillo and Jaime King).With Johnny Koffin slowly bleeding to death from a gunshot wound and a tornado on the way, the desperate brothers hold the current owners and their friends at gunpoint until they can get in touch with 'mother'.
Mother isn't convinced by their pleas of innocence, however, and so begins a night of unimaginable terror for the Sohapis and their unfortunate pals.The cast all give great performances, and the script delivers a few surprises along the way, but what I like best about this film is its unrelenting tension and no-holds-barred nastiness: as the captive couples in the basement gradually realise that survival is most unlikely, they become more and more desperate in their actions, resulting in some stomach churning bouts of violence, with any character—good or bad—a contender for some serious pain and misery.
'MOTHER'S DAY': Three Stars (Out of Five)Darren Lynn Bousman (the director behind such popular B horror films as 'SAW II' through 'IV' and 'REPO!
It's not the type of horror film I generally enjoy but it does work on some levels and De Mornay is a crowd pleaser!After a bank job goes awry, and one of the robbers is shot, three brothers, Ike (Flueger), Addley (Warren Kole) and Johnny Koffin (Matt O'Leary), flee to their mother's house in Stonewall.
I can't say I am a huge Rebecca De Mornay fan but she really pulls off a powerhouse performance as the "Mother" in the movie.I can't say that the film gave me a horrific feel because it didn't.
The torture scenes are quite brutal and like nothing I've ever seen before in a 'Home-Invasion' film or any kind of horror film for that matter.When I watched this film I was quite surprised at how De Mornay's character comes to know the party guests individually, briefly stepping into their personal lives, having not met any of them before she enters the house.
Apart from that, Mother's Day is a very enjoyable ride.Great movie, well filmed, and well acted.
But the real scare is the Mother (Rebecca De Mornay) of those three brothers.This remake from the 1980 original was in need but still, does not fulfil the potential this film could possess.