Mother's Day (1980) dir. Charlie Kaufman, Duty Productions/Saga Films/Troma Entertainment
Moving into the 80's, we take a look at Lloyd's brother Charlie
A Growth Opportunity seminar goes off without a hitch. 2 grads help a fellow grad and much older gal who insists that she lives close by and that they should call her Mother (Beatrice Pons). This ends badly as when they get out into the New Jersey countryside they set upon on two unseemly gentlemen. Ike (Fredrick Coffin) and Addley (Michael McLeery) tear the couple apart. They both address the older woman as Mother and she is proud of both her boys.
Meanwhile, old friends Abbey (Nancy Hendrickson), Jackie (Deborah Luce), and Trina (Tiana Pierce) are getting together for their annual weekend mystery trip. This year is Jackie's turn and she's selected the Jersey Pine Barons. Trina, a model now living in LA, and Abby, caretaker for her ailing mother in Chicago, arrive in Jersey and ready for fun!
Oh, the weekend starts out fun enough with campfire songs, swimming and the like but sadly for them they picked Mother's neck of the woods. The old dear has no problem with trespassers, however. Far from it; I mean, her boys have to get in their workouts somehow, right?
Things get worse, more so for Jackie. Abbey and Trina manage to escape but they don't want to leave the woods just yet. No, they want some good old fashioned revenge. Will they get it?
Wonderfully trashy. Grimy and genuinely unsettling. This is the kind of film that leaves a film over everything.
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