Description:An ancient urn chained to a coffin is unearthed by chance by workmen alongside Rome’s Viterbo Cemetery. Inside is an age-old tunic and artifacts that belong to Mater Lacrimarum (Moran Atias) - the Third Mother - the only survivor of the Three Mothers, three powerful witches who for aeons have spread death and destruction throughout An ancient urn chained to a coffin is unearthed by chance by workmen alongside Rome’s Viterbo Cemetery. Inside is an age-old tunic and artifacts that belong to Mater Lacrimarum (Moran Atias) - the Third Mother - the only survivor of the Three Mothers, three powerful witches who for aeons have spread death and destruction throughout the city. The Mater has been hiding in Rome for centuries.waiting for the moment when she will be awakened, triggering a chain of mysterious and terrible events. Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento), a young student of restoration, co-worker and love interest of Michael Pierce (Adam James), the curator of the Museum of Ancient Art of Rome, is involved in the escalating and increasingly frantic episodes of violence. Sarah tries to run away but she cannot: the Third Mother is looking for her and Sarah is not aware of the fact that her mother Elisa Mandy (Daria Nicolodi) was a powerful white witch brutally killed by Mater Suspiriorum, the witch from Fryeburg. Helped by the spirit of her mother, a priest (Udo Kier), by an eminent esoterism academic, Guglielmo De Witt (Philippe Leroy), and by the Chief Constable Marchi (Cristian Solimeno), Sarah realizes that she has no way out and that she must face the impending threat.... (more)(less)
""Who wants to eat the girl?"
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Directed by the former giallo horror master Dario Argento, this film appeared to be a part of some kind of trilogy that also features Suspiria and Inferno. I've not seen them, but I honestly didn't think it would matter. Now, after seeing Mother of Tears, I think I might have missed some backstory that possibly could have saved this film a bit. Because now it's just a huge mess.
There are hints of an interesting story somewhere, but it is simply ruined by to"
EmilieAutumn added this to a list 11 months, 3 weeks ago
"Date: 6. April
- First Time Watch -
A complete mess story-wise, but the gore, visuals and music makes it entertaining enough to sit through.
And I know that Argento's films have a pretty weak story, but this was bottom of the barrel stuff.
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Lamourderer added this to a list 1 year, 1 month ago
"this movie is one of the worst I have ever seen in my life. it's boring, stupid, pointless and bad made. I just don't get why Dario Argento is so famous.
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bob loblaw added this to a list 2 years, 2 months ago
"Kyllä tämä ajottain saa kunnon väristyksiä aikaiseksi. Sortuu kuitenkin harmillisen paljon ylipitkitettyihin tappokohtauksiin. Argento on toki aina ollut mieltynyt veriroiskeisiin, mutta tässä mennään jo miehen mittapuullakin hieman pitkälle. Eikä Asia Argentokaan valitettavasti ymmärrä näyttelemisestä mitään."
~ Nowsy added this to a list 2 years, 11 months ago
"Vanhasta kunnon Dariosta on oikestaan jäljellä enää ajoittaiset dubbikämmit ja Stivalettin kieltämättä edelleen loistavat luomugoret. Junan vessassa tapahtuvan lahtauksen old-skool-henkisyys kerkesi jopa hieman sydäntä lämmittämään. Mutta muuten toteutuksensa puolesta tuntuu harmillisen hengettömältä, Simonettikin valitettavasti sortunut lähinnä peruspimputuksiin ja ohimenevään taustahuminaan.
Vähän haikealta tuntuu."
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