Mother's Day

Sep 19, 1980

1h 31m

★ 5.6

If you go down to the woods today.

Overview

Three girls discover that two men are willing to do anything to impress Mother and what impresses Mother is watching her sons commit acts of rape and murder. Now these women are prisoners and lowered to pawns in the game of checkers between two dim wits and their Maniac Mommy and the question becomes, can any of them escape, alive?

Genres

Action

Horror

Comedy

Production Companies

Duty Productions

United Film Distribution Company (UFDC)

Troma Entertainment

Troma Team Video

Troma

Mother's Day Trailers

Cast

Abbey

Nancy Hendrickson

Jackie

Deborah Luce

Trina

Tiana Pierce

Ike

Frederick Coffin

Addley

Michael McCleery

Mother

Beatrice Pons

The 'Dobber'

Peter Fox

Ernie

Robert Collins

Sondra Fortunato

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