The other day in our "Best Horror/Comedies We've Never Heard of" discussion Pinky mentioned ED AND HIS DEAD MOTHER (1993) in which Steve Buscemi raises his mother from the grave only to have her come back a little wonky and go on a flesh eating rampage.

It reminded us of a film a friend of ours wrote and directed some years ago called MOM (1990) about an elderly woman who takes in a roomer who happens to be a werewolf and once bitten she begins to sneak out at night for her own 'bites'.

A theme was emerging and with Mother's Day coming up we thought it might be fun to put together a list of horror/comedies with a "mother as monster" theme.

Got any favorites we missed? Feel free to celebrate your devotion to this very endearing category of Horror/Comedies.

Oops! Forgot one...

PinkyWrote:
All my favorites are there. Not a comedy, but Friday 13th could be considered as a killer mom story. I'll have to get my movie encyclopedia book out to see if there are anymore.

PinkyWrote:
Cool to meet "Jason's mom" like that. I found two more to add to this list. My Stepmother is an Alien and Parents (Parents is more with mom and dad, but nonetheless still mom). It's another one that can go under Cannibalism is Funny thread.

We liked MY STEPMOTHER IS AN ALIEN (1988) which may appear in an upcoming topic.

While the THE DUPLEX (2003) and THE LADYKILLERS (1952) are not true 'mother' films, both are in the same vein and are both darkly comic.

  

The Coen Brothers' most recent film may also do, but I almost always prefer the original if possible and how can you go wrong with Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom.