USA, 1989
95m
35mm film, colour, 1.85:1
Ultra Stereo, English
An American horror film directed by Patrick Rand.
Plot Summary
A television news reporter discovers that the perpetrator of a series of brutal murders is actually his ageing mother who has been bitten by her lodger, himself a serial killer of pregnant women.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Patrick Rand
© MVMLXXXIX [1989] Epic Productions, Inc.
Epic Productions presents a Cassian Elwes production
Executive Producers: Cassian Elwes, Eduard Sarlui
Produced by: Leon Dudevoir
Co-producer by: Guy J. Louthan, Robert McDonnell
Line Producer: Tracy Lee Wong
Screenplay by: Patrick Rand
Story by: Patrick Rand, Kevin Watson
Director of Photography: David Sperling
Editor: Patrick Rand
Music by: Ernest Troost
Production Sound Mixer: Paul Coogan
Costume Designer: Shawna Leavell
Key Make-up: Toni G.
Special Makeup Effects by: Makeup and Monsters/Brian Penikas and Assoc.
Special Effects Coordinator: Players Special Effects/Sandra McCarthy
Production Designer: Steven Michael Casey
Casting by: Tony Markes
Cast
Mark Thomas Miller (Clay Dwyer)
Art Evans (Lt Hendrix)
Mary McDonough (Alice)
Stella Stevens (Beverly Hills)
Jeanne Bates (mom/Emily Dwyer)
Brion James (Nestor Duvalier)
Claudia Christian (Virginia)
Maray Ayres (Carla)
Christopher Doyle (Baxter)
Tim Trella (Daniels)
Ed Johnson (Virginia’s father)
Wendy Jill Gordon (anchorwoman)
Charles Martinez (Mr Hernandez)
Gary Marks (meterman)
Harry Landers (bartender)
J. Patrick McNamara (John)
Brian J. Williams (burglar bar worker)
James Heggie (Chuck the cameraman)
Flossie Vinacour (Mrs Orndorff)
Jamie Saxon (paper boy)
Alternative Titles
Mamá satánica – Mexico
Mamuśka – Poland
Матушка – Russia
Mamá diabólica – Spain
Mamá es un monstruo – Spain
Мати – Ukraine
References
Periodicals
- Variety 15 July 1991 p.41 – credits, review
Books
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.329
