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Whatsa Mama with you?

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1. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Momma Lift


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Children: Owen Lift
Why?: Unrelenting anger and abuse of grown son, generally scary.

Best Line: "Owen doesn't have a friend...he's fat and he's stupid"
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2. Mommie Dearest (1981)
Mommie Crawford


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Children: Christina Crawford
Why?: Severe abuse, alcoholism and bi-polar rampages.

Best Line: "NO WIRE HANGERS!!!!"
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3. Carrie (1976)
Margaret White


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Children: Carrie White
Why?: Over zealous religious preaching and abuse.

Best line: "And the first sin was intercourse!!"
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4. Lolita (1962)
Charlotte Haze


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Children: Lolita
Why?: Lustful, sexpot who is insanely jealous of her own daughter's attractiveness.

Best Line: "However did me make such a ..monster?!"
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5. Pete's Dragon (1977)
Ma Gogan


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Children: The Gogan Boys
Why?: General abuse and neglect of adopted Son, Pete.

Best Line: "I'll roast him slowly so the flames won't hurt"

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6. The Shining (1980)
Wendy Torrance


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Children: Danny
Why?: Inability to recognise the homicidal turning of her husband, agreeing to isolate her child in a desolate, haunted hotel, falls to pieces immediately.

Best Line: *Shriek* x100

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7. What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993)
Bonnie Grape

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Children: Gilbert, Arnie, Amy, Ellen
Why?: Embarrassing obese mess of a woman who has rendered her self obsolete as a parent/ human and instead requires near constant care from them.

Best Line: "I don't wanna embarrass ya'll"

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8. The Addams Family (1991)
Abigail Craven / Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss


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Children: Fester/ Gordon
Why?: Overbearing parenting, manipulating and mentally abusing her son for financial gain.

Best Line: "Love/hate, hate/love. Like for mama, no?"
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9. Matilda (1996)
Zinnia Wormwood


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Children: Junior, Matilda
Why?: Neglect

Best Line: "Mine are driving me crazy, I'm telling you, six hours at school is not enough."
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10. Cinderella (1950)
Wicked Step Mother



Children: Anastasia, Drizella
Why?: Clear favouritism, abuse and unlawful imprisonment.

Best Line: "Silence! Time for vicious practical jokes. Perhaps we can put it to better use. Now, let me see... There's the large carpet in the main hall- Clean it! And the windows upstairs and down- Wash them! Oh yes, and the tapestries and the draperies..."
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Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Aug 27 19:46
How about Matilda?
Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Aug 27 19:56
Oooh good one!
Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Aug 28 3:53
What about the Fester's Fake Mum in the Addams Family? She was a right bitch. Or the mother from the Manchurian Candidate? Slut! Whats eating Gilbert Grape?
Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Aug 28 12:05
Also, the wicked stepmother in Ever After, unless you don't want to repeat a character. There's also the wicked queen in Snow White, too.
Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Aug 28 18:27
It's a Quebec film, so it's probably not very well known elsewhere in the world, but this film:

http://www.listal.com/movie/aurore-2005

It is based on a true story. The mother (or more accurately stepmother) is very violent towards one of the girls. She beats her, burns her, until the girl dies of mistreatment.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 11 17:01
The mother from Bad Boy Bubby is definitely one of the worst ever. Keeps her son imprisoned for 30 years, beats him & has sex with him!!
Posted : 5 months, 2 weeks ago at Jun 6 7:51
The mother of Frances Farmer in the biographical movie Frances:
http://www.listal.com/movie/frances-1982
She was a monster!
Posted : 1 month ago at Oct 19 14:12
The greatest of them all: Mrs. Bates, from Psycho.

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Description

A list of the worst mothers in cinema history. If you can think of any more to add, please let me know.


See also:
Mama Mia: Cinema's best Mums


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