From the maker of Saw II, III and IV, Mother’s Day is a graphic remake of the Troma horror classic, Mother’s Day. After a bank robbery gone wrong, three brothers go home to hideout… only to discover that their Mother (Rebecca De Mornay) lost their house in a foreclosure.
The new owners and their party guests become the depraved brothers’ unwitting hostages. Their sadistic Mother soon arrives and brilliantly takes control of the situation, ratcheting up the terror. As the hostages struggle desperately to survive the harrowing torture, they realize that there is nothing a Mother won’t do to protect her children.
Based on “Mother’s Day” written by Charles Kaufman and Warren Leight, screenstory and screenplay by Scott Milam and Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, Mother’s Day also stars Jaime King, Briana Evigan, Patrick Flueger, Deborah Ann Woll, Matt O’ Leary, Jessie Rusu, Frank Grillo, Warren Kole, and Shawn Ashmore.
About the Story
An unknown woman enters a Maternity Ward dressed as a nurse. She passes a security guard, ignoring his request for identification. She takes the elevator and enters the nursery, where she removes a baby from its bassinet. The attending nurse calls security. The security guard calls to the woman to stop. He tries to reason with the unknown woman, only to be stabbed in the neck by an unseen male accomplice.
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), 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). The news reports a tornado is heading their way; Daniel assures his guests that the basement is tornado proof.
After a bank robbery gone wrong, three brothers, Ike (Patrick Flueger), Addley (Warren Kole) and Johnny Koffin (Matt O’Leary), are on the run from the law. Johnny, the youngest, has been shot. Johnny is hysterical and his brothers are panicking. The brothers decide to head for home, so that their mother can provide them with a getaway.
The three brothers reach their mother’s house to find it unrecognizable. Addley smashes some glassware and tries to kick in a door. The brothers place a screaming Johnny on the living room sofa. Hearing the noise upstairs, Daniel, thinking it’s his friend, Charlie, goes upstairs to greet him, only to be attacked by the brothers. Beth appears from the basement. Confused, and not knowing what she is seeing, Beth runs outside screaming for help, but only reaches the front lawn before Ike drags her back inside.
Addley and Ike are screaming at each other and in the confusion and noise Beth tells them that George is a doctor. Ike makes her bring George upstairs to help Johnny. Ike makes a phone call on his cell phone, reaching his sister Lydia (Deborah Ann Woll), who informs him that she and their mother lost the house and will be on their way to help the boys. Just as Ike hangs up Julie emerges from the basement and is chased back down by Addley, who forces all the guests down on the floor. Julie tries to run out the basement storm doors, but Addley pulls her back and she knocks herself out on the steps.
Mother’s Day
Directed by: Darren Lynn Bousman
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Patrick Flueger, Warren Kole, Matt O’Leary, Deborah Ann Woll, Briana Evigan, Lisa Marcos
Screenplay by: Charles Kaufman, Scott Milam
Production Design by: Anthony A. Ianni
Cinematography by: Joseph White
Film Editing by: Hunter M. Via
Costume Design by: Leslie Kavanagh
Set Decoration by: Craig Sandells
Art Direction by: Réjean Labrie
Music by: Bobby Johnston
MPAA Rating: R for strong brutal bloody violence and torture, pervasive language and some sexual content.
Studio: Anchor Bay Films
Release Date: May 4, 2012
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