In my opinion, Darren Lynn Bousman is a mediocre director at best. Saw 2, 3 and 4 were all just empty shadows of the original… each one getting progressively worse and worse, and Repo The Genetic Opera was a bit of a waste that got lots of early buzz while in production but then no one believed in it enough to get an actual release. I have no idea why his name is still bounced around as much as it does. But I digress.
Bousman has been working on a pet project for a while now… “Mother’s Day”, a remake of an old Troma horror flick. Looks like he just got the financing to make the movie and everything is a go. To folks over at We Are Movie Geeks give us this:
Twisted Pictures, the Genre Co. and Rat Entertainment have assigned themselves the task fo producing and distributing this film. The original ‘Mother’s Day’ revolved around three female campers who find themselves being terrorized, raped, and murdered by a couple of sadistic brothers. The brothers are trying to impress their insane mother for Mother’s Day. This remake will have the family returning to the house they once lived in to terrorize the new owners.
I’ve got to admit I’ve never seen the original, but damn this does sound like it could be a lot of fun. Brett Ratner is also attached to produce, which doesn’t really mean anything here nor there.
I just hope Bousman can deliver something better than his Saw installments. We’ll wait and see.
