Les mémés cannibales (1988)

Director:

Emmanuel Kervyn

Writer:

Emmanuel Kervyn (writer)

Release Date:

1988 (Belgium)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Grandma, What a Big Mouth You Have!

Plot:

When given a demonic present by their black sheep nephew two kindly old grannies are transformed into...

Plot Keywords:

Demon | Inheritance | Forced Suicide | Blood | Tranformation

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Catherine Aymerie	...	Helen
Caroline Braeckman	...	Suzie
Richard Cotica	...	Gilbert
Danielle Daven	...	Elisabeth Remington (as Dany Daven)
Patricia Davia	...	Alice
Robert Du Bois	...	Father Percival
Florine Elslande	...	Bertha
Anne-Marie Fox	...	Victoria Remington
Franklin Steward Granvel	...	Publicity executive
Paule Herreman	...	Miss Barnstable
Bobette Jouret	...	Erika
Françoise Lamoureux	...	Jessica
Le Pepe	...	Taxi-driver
Raymond Lescot	...	Reverend Father
Elie Lison	...	John

Also Known As:

Rabid Grannies (France) (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

Germany:90 min | USA:89 min | Argentina:90 min

Country:

Belgium | France | Netherlands

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Germany:(Banned) (2001) | Australia:M (cut) | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 (video premiere) | Canada:(Banned) (Nova Scotia) | Australia:MA (DVD rating)

Company:

Stardust Pictures Nr.1

Trivia:

Despite the title, this movie is about demonic possession and does not involve the rabies virus.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Gorgon Video Magazine (1989) (V)

Cool mish-mash of kills, chills and chuckles.

Finally after watching Marauding Mothers, Diabolical Daddies, Wicked Sisters, Jonesin' Uncles and Perverted Twins, I arrived at Rabid Grannies. It didn't totally live up to the hype as being 10 times the movie Diabolical Daddies is but it was still pretty good.

Ya got the two grannies, who are actually aunties, who are filthy rich and throwing a birthday party for themselves, with the rest of their immediate family celebrating it with them. Well all seems to be going just divine until a weird lady with a gift shows up. The gift is actually from.....I forget the guy's relation....maybe cousin. Whatever. Well, this present holds a hideous surprise that turns this lil box-social into a full on bloodbath. Woohoo!

Rabid Grannies is a wacky friggin flick. It's got a really silly (too much sometimes) attitude and loads of fantastic make-up and gore effects that combine together to make a seriously memorable flick which should be mentioned more in hor/com discussion.

Most surprisingly about the flick, is it's creativity. There are some creepy scenes mixed with a sly almost cartoony humor that gels in a pretty unique way. There's one scene with the aunts (grannies) and a priest that is really just out there. One aunt is giving him the opportunity to off himself, while the other is telling him to fight for his life. It's really just a cool friggin scene that really had me smiling.

Even though the dialog is sometimes overly hammy, and the dubbing kinda crappy, it kinda makes the movie's ridiculous charm that much more noticeable. Which could be a good thing or bad thing, but for this guy's taste for crazy sh!t, it's a great thing. Would go nice as a double feature with Demon Knight.