The Terrible Mother
The Terrible Mother
1972, English. Directed by Walter Ungerer.
In the kitchen of a Vermont farmhouse, four people come to sit around a table. The silence of solstice holds them together. Before a ritualized meal they each tell a story. Their stories are ominous, yet, as in the first OOBIELAND film (INTRODUCTION TO OOBIELAND), they are incomplete. Earlier, the titular mother has passed on her powers to a young woman. At the close of the film, this young woman enters the farmhouse and, with final simplicity, restores the old order.
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- 0h 25m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- 22 June 1972
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- United States of America
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The Terrible Mother runs 25 minutes (0h 25m).
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The Terrible Mother isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 June 1972. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Terrible Mother?
The Terrible Mother (1972) was directed by Walter Ungerer.