Mother’s Day (1980): Matriarchy, Mayhem & the Madness of Exploitation Horror - Xenomania Ep. 20
Xenomania Podcast | Episode 20: Mother’s Day (1980)
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Just in time for Mother's Day… we brought you trauma.
Literal trauma, in fact—this week, Jon, Ryan, and Kearns dig into Charles Kaufman’s 1980 exploitation shocker, Mother’s Day, a cult classic from the twisted minds orbiting around Troma Entertainment.
This isn’t your average slasher. It’s a raw, uncomfortable, and deeply bizarre descent into backwoods horror, maternal madness, and satirical violence that still has critics arguing four decades later.
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