It’s Mother’s Month on Terror Talk! In this Shrink Chat episode, we dive headfirst into the creepy, complex, and unhinged world of terrifying mothers in horror and thriller films. From the grotesque mother-son nightmare of Dead Alive to the manipulative matriarch in The Manchurian Candidate, we explore how these mother figures get under our skin—and sometimes into our nightmares.
Featured Films:
Dead Alive
The Manchurian Candidate
Inside
The Grifters
Goodnight Mommy
The Fighter
Plus: Mommie Dearest Trivia – “No wire hangers, ever!”
🧠 What We Cover:
The psychology of frightening mothers: control, enmeshment, emotional manipulation
Differences in parenting pathology across horror and drama
Why some of these moms haunt us more than the monsters
Our unfiltered reactions to their most unhinged moments
“Mommie Dearest Facts with Cath” – a trivia game packed with absurd quotes and film lore
What’s your favorite terrifying mom in a movie? Drop a comment on our socials or tag us in your reactions!
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Original music by Mannequin Uprising – haunting tracks that keep our episodes properly unsettling.
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