Mom

#272 Mom - 1990 (This Film Rates a C+ ) Set against the backdrop of Christmas Eve, Mom (1990) blends horror, dark comedy, and family drama in a story that never fully commits to its potential. The film opens with elderly Emily Dwyer preparing for a holiday dinner, awaiting her journalist son, Clay. A news report on unsolved murders plays in the background-an ominous hint of what's to come. When Emily rents a room to a peculiar blind man named Nestor, the mood shifts sharply. Nestor attacks her and begins luring victims to their deaths. Clay and his pregnant girlfriend, Alice, arrive for a brief visit, unaware that Emily-now literally sleeping beside a severed arm-has been transformed into a "flesh eater" under Nestor's control. The narrative takes on a grim path: Nestor and Emily abduct and cannibalize a drunk homeless man, Clay witnesses the act, and a tense confrontation ensues. Believing they've eliminated Nestor, Clay tries to restore some semblance of normalcy, but Emily's cravings for human flesh remain insatiable. His desperate attempts to contain her-locking her in her room, installing bars on her windows-are both sad and tragic. Eventually, in a moral collapse, Clay lures a prostitute for his mother to kill, triggering a chaotic chain of events that brings the police to their doorstep. The climax aims for emotional weight but lands with disappointing impact. While there are subtle comedic touches that keep the tone from becoming too heavy-handed, the believability of the setting, plot, and character motivations is rather limited. The gore is underwhelming, especially for the premise and could have had much more promise. The soundtrack is serviceable but unremarkable, and despite a strong Christmas atmosphere in the opening scenes, the holiday theme quickly fades into the background. Mom straddles the line between zombie horror and demonic possession without ever fully defining itself. With sharper execution, stronger effects, and a more consistent tone, it could have been something memorable. Instead, it remains a curious, uneven entry in early '90s horror genre.

Elderly woman provides room and board for a blind musican, but it turns out he is a ghoulish monster who is responsible for a wave of recent murders in the city. He bites dear old mom and she turns into a monster with sudden urges to kill people. As people in the family start to turn up dead, her son must put an end to the carnage. Horror / Comedy where neither the horror works nor the comedy. The humor is flat and the scares are almost none.

Rated R; Violence and Profanity.

Well, I must say, this film is not that bad. There are quiet good moments. Jeanne Bates plays fantastic, as lovely elderly "mom", and

Mark Thomas Miller as her son is even good. There are some gory, gruesome moments, some dramatic, some funny and, yes, also sad...

The end is such a sad moment. Mom isn´t an ordinary horror-slasher, I would say, it´s the connection between American Werewolf and Omen.

6 of 10 stars

I first saw this in the early 90s on a vhs. Revisited it recently. The only saving grace is Brion James in a small stint. There is zero tension n suspense, the kills r offscreen n the ending a big meh.

An old lady's boarder Nestor Duvalier(Brion James)turns out to be a cannibalistic monster terrorizing Los Angeles,and promptly turns her into one too.It's up to her son to stop the carnage."Mom" is a perfect flick for few laughs.There is a good amount of gore,but if you're searching for suspense-packed horror avoid this one at all costs.All in all "Mom" is worth checking out for some undemanding horror fans,so if you get the chance watch it.My rating:5 out of 10.