Fantastic Fest day 2 - Harry says MOTHER'S DAY is triumphantly & seriously F'd up!

Hey Folks Harry here with the first film of day 2 of Fantastic Fest. This was the remake of the Troma Classic... MOTHER'S DAY. The original film was more of a campy bloody tongue in cheek affair. The new film is less of an overt genre film in the Horror sense, instead it is more of a throwback to films like PACIFIC HEIGHTS and THE HAND THAT ROCKED THE CRADLE.... Along with the classic crime films like DESPERATE HOURS and PETRIFIED FOREST, albeit far tougher in terms of visual intensity and basic sleaziness. The film has a pretty terrific cast, with Shawn Ashmore having a nice role as a doctor trying to keep an evil man alive. Jaime King plays Beth, who has lost her son in a tragic accident, and has been living in a new home for two months when the shit hits the fan. she and her husband are having a bit of a get together with about 8 people shooting pool and the shit. The front door was left unlocked and when a gang of three brothers, one with a shotgun blast in his side crash the shindig, things get intense. what keeps this from being a run of the mill Home Invasion story is the presence of Rebecca De Mornay as the mother of the gang of brothers and Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica from TRUE BLOOD) as the daughter. The story that the filmmakers took for the basic premise is the true life Wichita Horror that was a terrifying home invasion incident that happened in Wichita, Kansas. which involved two brothers and 5 victims. this is a slightly inflated situation, but still. Sadly believable. I say sadly because it is sad that we know something as heinous as the actions in this film are... Realistic. it might feel a little long, but if you think about it, the film is playing relatively in real time, and I guarantee if you were in this situation, it would seem to be a lifetime, whether you lived or died. Good film, tough and mean. it does have distribution.