Les mémés cannibales (1988)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

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)

Hilarious!

Apparently Belgium produces something other than chocolate; crap movies. This little gem was picked up by Troma, and it's easy to see why. Every character is nasty, and the makers have enough bad taste (and, dare I say it, guts?) to not only have a child killed, but dismembered. You don't see that in a lot of american movies. The make-up and gore effects are actually pretty good, compared to a lot of other Troma films.

The first half hour sure is slow, but the unpleasant characters and the unbelievably bad acting keep it entertaining. Unsurprisingly, most of the 'actors' never made any other films before or after this one. And rightly so, because they give some of the worst performances I have ever seen on screen. Nodding and grimassing at every line and dubbed in very unnatural british accents, they are more amateurish than a school play. Like the two gravediggers in Plan 9.

When things do get going, it's just your basic 'everyone gets picked off one by one in various imaginative ways' kind of plot. A lot of cut off limbs, Evil Dead-style slapstick violence and even more horrendous acting keep it enjoyable throughout. If you like that kind of thing, that is.