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Flesh-Eating Mothers

  • 1988
  • R
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
1.4K
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Flesh-Eating Mothers (1988)
Suburban housewives turn into vicious cannibals after committing adultery with the neighborhood womanizer.
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Suburban housewives turn into vicious cannibals after committing adultery with the neighborhood womanizer.Suburban housewives turn into vicious cannibals after committing adultery with the neighborhood womanizer.Suburban housewives turn into vicious cannibals after committing adultery with the neighborhood womanizer.

  • Director
    • James Aviles Martin
  • Writers
    • James Aviles Martin
    • Zev Shlasinger
  • Stars
    • Robert Lee Oliver
    • Donatella Hecht
    • Neal Rosen
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.3/10
    1.4K
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    • Director
      • James Aviles Martin
    • Writers
      • James Aviles Martin
      • Zev Shlasinger
    • Stars
      • Robert Lee Oliver
      • Donatella Hecht
      • Neal Rosen
    • 45User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Robert Lee Oliver
    • Jeff Nathan
    Donatella Hecht
    • Linda Douglas
    Neal Rosen
    • Rinaldi Vivaldo
    Valorie Hubbard
    Valorie Hubbard
    • Joyce Shepard
    Terry Hayes
    • Timmy Nolan
    Katherine Mayfield
    • Sylvia Douglas
    Suzanne Ehrlich
    • Rita Vivaldo
    Louis Homyak
    • Roddy Douglas
    Ken Eaton
    • Commissioner Dixon
    Alley Ninestein
    Alley Ninestein
    • Mrs. Shepard
    Michael Fuer
    • Dr. Lee Grouly
    Mickey Ross
    • Clyde McCormick
    Grace Pettijohn
    • Booty Bernett
    Tony DeRiso
    • Frankie Lemmonjello
    Marie Michaels
    • Lous McCormick
    Morty Kleidermacher
    • Officer Hitchcock
    Carolyn Gratsch
    • Felicia Codd
    Grace Gawthrop
    • Mrs. Nathan
    • Director
      • James Aviles Martin
    • Writers
      • James Aviles Martin
      • Zev Shlasinger
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    brandonsites1981

    * out of 4.

    The mothers of a small town that have been sleeping around find themselves infected with a virus that causes them to want to eat their children. Just awful film features a romance sub-plot involving a midget and a rather tall female, hardly any on screen deaths, cartoonish effects, and an awful sense of humor. What they could have done with this premise.......

    Unrated; Graphic Violence.
    paradox1960

    Wonderfully Awful

    I LOVE this movie! It's one of the absolute WORST productions of a film I've ever seen. The acting, the directing, the special effects, even the lighting absolutely STINK! The scene with the two kids getting high and laughing their butts off talking about her mother eating her baby brother just had me ROLLING on the floor it was so poorly done. The very idea of a sexually transmitted zombie virus is so stupid I can't for a second believe anyone meant this movie to be taken seriously. A must-see if, like me, you're a fan of the hilariously god-awful!
    Dethcharm

    Suburban Cannibal Holocaust...

    Ever had one of those days when your mum eyes you hungrily, yearning for your torn, dying carcass? Well, FLESH-EATING MOTHERS has you covered!

    It seems that a strange, new STD is being transmitted by a single carrier male to all of his SAHM (Stay At Home Mum) partners. The unwitting females soon become hyper-aggressive, super-strong cannibals with a hankering for friends, family members, or anyone who wanders into biting range.

    Let the madness unfold!

    This obviously low-budget movie makes the best of its situation, resulting in a bloody good time for the viewer. Yes, the acting is creaky, the dialogue is silly, and the plot is ridiculous. However, you can tell that everyone involved was just going along and having fun with it.

    There's plenty of crimson sauce and meaty tidbits for the true connoisseur of carnage. Enjoy, and don't forget to floss...
    3NightOfTheLivingDon

    Funny. I felt like my brain was being eaten.

    I am a B-Horror Movie junkie. I am an avid collector of blood-soaked schlock. Bad horror movies, in my eyes, "complete the circle" (its so bad it becomes good again by circling back up the quality loop) "Flesh Eating Mothers" is one of the only movies that I've ever seen that pulls a 520 on said loop. It is so bad that it surpasses the good mark and circles back down to the very bottom. I don't know how it did it, but it sure did. The film had all the tools to be a great cheesy horror flick. An 'out there' premise incorporating zombies, some corny-yet-amusing humor, sex, violence...in its respective field, it should have been a homerun! However, the very things that could have made it into a good-bad movie ultimately lead to its demise. The script became too corny, the plot became way too drawn out, the sex and violence became very sparse, and the action was just too too bad. It is up there with the most painfully long 89 minutes in film history.

    As a lover of bad film, I cannot turn those brave enough to pop this one into their players away. By all means, see it so that you may form your own opinions. Just don't say I didn't warn you.
    5Tito-8

    Always stupid, but sometimes fun

    Well, this film has pretty much everything you would probably expect in a movie called "Flesh Eating Mothers". It has poor effects, a weak story, and of course, there are some AMAZINGLY bad actors. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that this is a bad movie. In fact, it's rather funny at times, and some of these laughs even seemed to be intentional. In fact, if it wasn't for a predictable and generally dull conclusion, I'd probably recommend this to people. As it is, it's not a bad way to kill 90 minutes, especially if you like low-budget stupidity.

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    Related interests

    Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
    Satire
    Will Ferrell in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
    Comedy
    Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
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    • Trivia
      The bulk of the cast was found through an ad placed in Backstage magazine.
    • Goofs
      In the STD check-up scene, it is revealed that the disease is caused by a virus, but in the end it is cured with penicillin, an antibiotic, which only fight bacterial infections, and would have no effect on a virus.
    • Quotes

      Rinaldi Vivaldo: What are we supposed to do? Stay here and have our asses chewed out by our mothers?

    • Connections
      Referenced in Hungry to Make Movies: An Interview with Producer Peter Ilich (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Flesh Eating Mothers Music Score
      By Minerva

      Copyright 1988, Minerva

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    • Release date
      • September 16, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Madres caníbales
    • Filming locations
      • Blauvelt, New York, USA(main location)
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    • Budget
      • $10,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 29m(89 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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