One flick that’s sorta fell off the radar the last couple of months is Darren Lynn Bousman’s redo of Charles Kaufman’s MOTHER’S DAY. Ever since entering post-production, Bousman has ceased offering us entertaining behind the scenes looks at the film via his video-blogs. Yet, not all is lost folks! You see, Bousman recently took to his written forum and jotted some pretty rad sounding deets on his new horror outing. Scope it…
In perhaps the most outstanding of the quotes, Bousman had this to say about the film:
“In some respects I am more excited about Mother’s Day than anything I have ever done. I am so proud of what we have accomplished…I feel that with each movie I make, I am learning so much. Mother’s Day is a combination of the best parts SAW 2, 3, 4 and Repo!”
Wow, that’s some statement. Hopefully dude isn’t just blowing smoke and can demonstrate how a truly effective horror remake can be achieved!
He continues:
“It’s amazing seeing how this movie has grown, and changed. What was once undramatic now oozes drama. What was once not scary, is now terrifying. Watching how much this film has evolved in the last six weeks is nothing short of amazing.” The next step? “We start the screenings to studios, and SELL IT!”
Pretty cool shite, ay? If you’re so inclined, visit the entire blog and see what else dude has to say about MOTHER’S DAY.
Starring Deborah Ann Woll (below), Shawn Ashmore, Lisa Marcos, Frank Grillo, Jamie King, Patrick Flueger, Tony Nappo and Rebecca DeMornay, MOTHER’S DAY picks up:
After a bank robbery gone wrong, three brothers head for home, hoping their MOTHER (Rebecca De Mornay) can provide them with a getaway. The youngest brother, JOHNNY (Matt O’Leary), has been shot, and their back-stabbing former partner has gotten away with all the cash.
But when the brothers get home, they find that all their stuff is gone and Mother is nowhere to be found: She lost the house months ago in a foreclosure. The new owners, BETH and DANIEL SOHAPI (Jaime King and Frank Grillo), and their guests, gathered for an ill-timed birthday party, become the brothers’ unwitting hostages.
Not long after, Mother arrives, along with the boys’ sister LYDIA (Deborah Ann Woll), and it soon becomes clear that Mother will do absolutely anything to protect her children. In one terrifying evening she brilliantly takes control of the situation and masterminds her sons’ escape from the law.
Sides will be taken, secrets revealed, and sins punished as the hostages struggle to make it through the night alive.