What a weak and helpless woman Jill was and the perfect victim to the psycho Mom. By the end of it, you wonder if she even has a will to live because she never even tries to fight back to this middle aged frumpy woman. Even with a broken leg she could've easily threw her down in a second...but she never tries. Ugh. Why are these characters always written to be so weak and so dumb?

"Psycho Mother-in-Law" (a.k.a., "Mad Mom") was an outrageous pairing of two mothers meeting for the first time on the occasion of the planning of their children's wedding. Amber is marrying Lucas, and the two moms could not be different in temperament. Amber's mom Sharon is a hospice nurse, and Lucas's mom Jill is art are dealer. The wild card in the equation is that the nurse is a psychopathic killer.

Most of the action takes place in the spectacular home of Jill, which is filled with priceless art works. But it becomes a scene of virtual carnage after Sharon takes Jill hostage and clearly intends to murder her. Motivated by the fear of losing the affection of her daughter to a surrogate mother, Sharon is unable to tolerate the loss of control and the slightest threat of being upstaged by Jill.

There was an over-the-top musical score of the film, which drew upon the violin sounds of the famous motif of Bernard Hermann in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho." The music was so excessive that it contributed to the dark humor that ran through the film. Still, there were stretches when the pacing of the film was slow and the action overly cruel.

At first glance, one would think that the focus of the film would be on Sharon as the female counterpart of Norman Bates. But it is the character of Jill that is the most intriguing. After welcoming Sharon into her home and her family, Jill is on the receiving end of Sharon's sadism. Her kindness and genuine love of her daughter-in-law to be, was contrasted by the brinksmanhip of Sharon, who likely killed Amber's father to avoid competition for the love of her daughter. Now, history would appear to repeat itself in the long torture session of Jill by Sharon.

In the film's opening scene, Sharon murdered one of her patients at the hospice, observing of her victim that "she is in a better place now." Under lock and key of the penitentiary by the end of the film, the same could now be said of Sharon herself.

A woman who is a nurse is jealous of her daughter's wealthy mother in law who seems to be taking over her Daughter. The psycho attacks her and after the injury a Baby Jane scenario ensues. It's amusing and entertaining in a horror manner.

Worth a watch. Quite scary.