The concept was sort of intriguing, although it was clear from the get go even from reading the concept, looking at the advertising and even the title itself what tone 'Mother's Day Massacre' was going to take. And that it was definitely going to be a film that would amuse some and disgust many others, and be a film to not expect too much from. Saw it with an open mind and with the absolute intent to not take it too seriously, that is the honest truth.

'Mother's Day Massacre' just didn't do anything for me and didn't enjoy a single moment really one bit. Have seen worse films, comedy, horror, films combining both and overall, and it was not completely irredeemable, but that didn't stop 'Mother's Day Massacre' from being a mess in almost every way. If people enjoyed it, while saying that it was more a guilty pleasure than a legitimately good film, good for them, but it just left a bad taste in my mouth and this is coming from somebody who really didn't try to take it too seriously and really wanted to be entertained, scared and shocked. The film failed badly on the first two and the saying that it left me shocked is not meant in a good way.

Will start with the little that was good. The opening titles were quite creative.

Greg Travis also has fun while overdoing so, and comes over as sinister enough.

Otherwise, the rest of the acting was really, really weak. Mel Gorham devouring the scenery to tiny pieces truly got on the nerves very fast. There is nothing interesting development-wise with the characters and almost all of them are incredibly annoying, especially Dolores. Profane is too generous summing up the utter trash that is the script, also want to make something clear right now. This reviewer is someone who appreciates comedy and tries to appreciate all types and all decades, the crude type is not my favourite kind of humour but there is no bias against it and it can be done well. The vulgarity just got really over the top and often not needed, to distasteful levels and never once was it remotely amusing, my sense of humour is just fine thank you very much but the humour here was not my cup of tea.

Also failing completely is the horror. No suspense, it's predictable, it looks cheap even for a film made on minimal budget, it has no creativity and most of it is gratuitous meaning popping up randomly and for no reason other than to pad the film out. The story is incredibly padded which makes the pace really plodding, and what little there is of it doesn't make any sense whatsoever (borderline incoherent) and too many scenes are completely superfluous and muddle what's going on. The less said about the insultingly nonsensical ending the better. The minimal budget is evident throughout and to amateurish effect, the photography made me nauseous. The direction was barely existent and the music belonged in another film entirely, it didn't gel at all, was too intrusive, too loud, too random and the only placement that didn't jar was on the opening credits.

In conclusion, despite a real effort to take it for what it was and what it was trying to do and be this didn't work at all. 2/10

This is a grindhouse style movie. 1990: A woman is at her gyno (David Chen) who claims she has a mild case of VD, maybe she got from a public toilet seat, according to her ill informed doctor. She knows the woman who infected her husband and goes to her house for some kind of justice, only to get her head smashed in with a frying pan. Key grindhouse death metal music, run opening credits.

We now come to modern day. Jim (Adam Scarimbolo) is at home with his girlfriend Doreen (Emily Grace). They are taking a bath together, apparently as a prelude to their first time together. Then suddenly his dad, Tex (Greg Travis, a native of Texas whose accent sounds fake) is home and an instant later in the bathroom with them as the girl "hides" behind a frosted glass shower door, her outline clearly visible. Dad demonstrates he is somewhat psychotic. The incident however does not deter teen hormones and 8 weeks later Doreen has morning sickness...in the afternoon.

Doreen located Jim's mother, who abandoned him, on the Internet as his dad's crudeness escalates. Jim finds an old 8mm/16mm film in his dad's private shed which he shares with the neighbor Jen (Heidi Kristoffer). Meanwhile his dad visits a hypnotherapist friend Sid (Albert Insinnia). They take turns sexually assaulting a hypnotized female patient.

Jim and Doreen head into the Piney's to locate his mom. Jen and her bf Bobby (Noah Fleiss)come along because they saw some pot fields down that way (dark green with red hairs oozing with resin). Their dork friend Gary (Bryan Farrell Wilson, normally a stunt man) joins them as well as his gf Steph(Lauren Waisbren Nathanson) who we discover has vaginal dryness issues.

Our cigarette smoking beer drinking group arrives at what appears to be abandoned homes (with mowed lawns) and decide to play hide-n-seek. They enter through busted out windows and use the word "disgusting" frequently to describe the smell and surroundings. When Jim and Doreen find a bed with blood stained Polaroid snuff pictures they decide it is time to leave. But wait, they are missing 2 people and Bobby wants to see the snuff photos....

It is now a question of who lives and who dies and how does this all tie together with that early 1990 scene.

One Piney has a pop-eye, sign of inbreeding, at least in the movies. Another Piney wields an ax. You know someone is going to die when his death metal theme music is played.

About this time the movie takes a twist and ties up some plot points, but creates plot problems.

The plot is very weak. The acting weak. The music good, but not enough of it. While these are characteristics we expect in a grindhouse film, this one didn't meet the standard. This is a good first attempt for Jeff Roenning, but clearly he has not mastered the genre.

I was impressed with the professional look of this movie. For the indie scene these guys did it right. The acting was on par with the old indie films of the early 80s. I have to say I really enjoyed the Redneck Father, his dialogue was great. Good actor. The girls were hot and played off the coy, sexy, teen-tease part really well. The overall story line was predictable but presented in a humorous fashion that made me laugh. I especially liked the hot-blooded Latino "den mother from Hell" part, that was an interesting twist from your standard white trash "den mother from Hell." The fact that the Fat Redneck kid is named "Jesus" made me smirk. There were some impressive CGI visual effect head shots at the end that really took me by surprise. I would have liked it to be just a little bit longer but I can overlook that. I thought the ending was clever and well designed, though I would have liked "Jim" to hook up with "Jen" before they knocked her off. I half expected the kid in the overalls at the end to say something like "F-ing Pineys" when the truck drove by but I'll take it as it is. Great indie flick, very impressed with the cinematography and the editing. Highly recommend viewing this one.