FilmRWitchcraft & Occult Supernatural Splatter & Gore

The Mother of Tears2007

Name: The Mother of Tears
Genre: Witchcraft & Occult, Supernatural, Splatter & Gore, Demonic & Possession
Released: 2007-10-31
Rating: 5

“What you see does not exist. What you cannot see is truth.”

Directed by Dario Argento

5.0

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.0Rotten Tomatoes 47%Metacritic 52TMDB 4.5

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Year

2007

Runtime

102 min

Box Office

Budget

$3,500,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$3,119,957

Domestic

$58,669

🏆 1 nomination

The premise

An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking young women coming from all over the world are gathering in the city. All these events are caused by the return of Mater Lacrimarum, the last of three powerful witches who have been spreading terror and death for centuries. Alone against an army of psychos and demons, Sarah Mandy, an art student who seems to have supernatural abilities of her own, is the only person left to prevent the Mother of Tears from destroying Rome.

Horror Vault's take

When a centuries-old urn is unearthed near Rome, its opening unleashes a wave of escalating violence across the city as sinister forces converge from every corner of the globe. At the center of the chaos stands Sarah Mandy, an art student who finds herself the unlikely last line of defense against a supremely powerful witch whose return threatens to tear civilization apart. Director Dario Argento delivers the long-awaited conclusion to his Three Mothers trilogy, drenching Rome in blood and baroque mayhem. Fans of extreme Italian horror will find this a feverish, uncompromising descent into the occult.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Body Mutilation, Torture, Sexual Violence