Darling readers, in honor of today’s holiday in honor of saintly mothers everywhere, here’s a quick roundup up of ten of my favorite malignant matrons of the silver screen.
1. Joan Crawford as Lucy Harbin in Straight-Jacket (1964)
2. Wendie Robie as Woman in The People Under the Stairs (1991)
3. Kathleen Turner as Mrs. Beverly Sutphin in Serial Mom (1994)
4. Betsy Palmer as Pamela Voorhees in Friday the 13th (1980)
5. Jordan Ladd as Madeline Matheson in Grace (2009)
6. Jennifer Tilly as the voice of Tiff in Seed Of Chucky (2004)
7. The lovely Piper Laurie as Margaret White in Carrie (1976)
8. Laurie Metcalf as Mrs. Loomis in Scream 2 (1997)
9. Béatrice Dalle as The Woman in À l’intérieur (2007)
10. and, finally, my favorite…a dessicated corpse as Mother Bates in Psycho (1960)
An honorable mention and very happy Mothers’ Day to Emily Dwyer in Mom, Erica Sayers in Black Swan, Mother in Mother’s Day, and Dorthy Yates in Frightmare. Let me know your favorite malicious mamas in the comments!
Categories: Holidays, TV & Film
Silent Sundays: Norma Bates (1960) 
Silent Sundays: Mother’s Day (1980) 
The Year of Halloween 
I’ve seen scarier moms, but not in the movies
Yikes, BDW. Hope that isn’t reflective of how your Mothers’ Day went. 🙂
I have to see the first two!
Madeleine, I have to admit that it’s been a while since I’ve seen Straight-Jacket, but I just love The People Under the Stairs. It’s from 1991, but definitely has that 80’s horror/comedy feel.
I actually watched it the other day, I really thought it was 80s
I hope you liked it. It’s very nostalgic for me, so it’s hard to be objective on the actual quality of the movie. 🙂
It was quite entertaining, I like stuff like that anyway
Ah, so glad you enjoyed it, Madeleine. If you liked this one, have you seen Slither? It’s from 2006 and quite in the same vein.
Yes I did see slither, it was quite amusing
This was a fantastic idea! Also, I lol’d at Malignant Matrons. Good stuff.
Why, thank you, darling. Great minds and all that. 🙂
Oh my God, that is Nadine and Big Ed Hurley of Twin Peaks there in People Under the Stairs. How creepy! Were they married in this movie too? Apparently I really need to watch it. Great list!
You really do, WC. They are indeed married in this one. Incestuously, incestuously married. 😉
It doesn’t have a vicious, killer mum in it, but I love the title I DISMEMBER MAMA (aka Poor Albert and Little Annie). http://youtu.be/UQuYDeI2gps
That earns points just for the title alone. Kudos, Backwoods Horror! 🙂