THE MOTHER OF TEARS (La Terza Madre) - Film Review 28/7/08

I had caught the Trailer for this film awhile back and it stirred my imagination some what. Directed by Italian Horror-Maestro Dario Argento "La Terza Madre" (The Mother Of Tears) AKA "The Mother Of Tears: The Third Mother" is the proverbial unmitigated steaming pile of . . . . This tawdry tits & arse mess is so ramshackle it's hard to keep up? The nonsensical story (If there is one?) literally jumps from scene to scene with little understanding of what is going on and the editing is so abrupt it jars on the teeth. The gothic soundtrack is totally unnecessary and gets louder and more grating on the ears and does nothing to enhance the film in anyway - just getting more annoying as it drones on. Eyes get gouged out, throats sliced open and even a really distasteful scene later on; no doubt added for "shock" value. Udo Kier ("Blade") crops up as a doolally priest spitting out pithy epithets before getting sliced up into dog chow. Trailer good - Film crap.

Workers discover a coffin outside the bounds of a cemetery with an urn attached. The local Priest sends it to the Rome Museum and research assistants there unknowingly release the powers of a dormant Black Witch. Cue a goth resurgence as Sisters Of Mercy fans run wild in the streets with makeup sliding down there faces as everyone else goes loony amidst the chaos. Luckily the research assistant just happens to be the daughter of a White Witch and pulls a broom out of her arse and saves the day!