Psycho family

So in light of the recent DVD release of The Stepfather, I will list a few of the greatest movies of psychotic family members.

The Shining
Who doesn’t love this movie? As a kid, this scared the ever living poo out of you; and it still does to this day. Don’t lie. It is a classic story of family moves to hotel for winter, son has psychic powers, mother is fugly as hell, father loses mind slowly, son writes redrum on a door, and “Heeereee’s JOHNNY!” as an axe goes through the door. This movie is a classic and is one of the few ‘epic horror’ movies. No other like it; that is why it is top of psychotic family member list.

Mommie Dearest
Not really a horror movie, but when you see Faye Dunaway play someone as psychotic as Joan Crawford, you have something scary. The movie is based off a book written by one of Crawford’s daughters. In it, she claims that her mother abused her and treated her and her brother like crap, to say the least. Whether it happened or not, we will leave it to you, but remember, “NOOO WIRE HANGERS”


Orphan
Here is a good one; a story about a Russian girl that is adopted by a family who can not have any more children. She seems nice and innocent at first, but, Ester has a secret. The movie is paced very well and keeps you one edge wanting to know what exactly this secret is. The opening is a little weird but gets you into. This movie may startle you into wanting to adopt, but don’t let it; just stay away from Russian children.


Psycho
Here is the mother of all horror movies and psycho families. More like F***ed up families. The story of Norman Bates may look like he is a normal, quiet hotel manager taking care of his sick mother. But when Janet Leigh checks, she learns that mother is a bitch and that mother is a boys’ ONLY friend. But wait, didn’t mother die some odd years ago? Hmmm… I wonder who it is then.

Carrie
A classic 70s movie of a insecure catholic girl, secluded form the world by her overprotective mother. She gets picked on by the kids at school and has no friends because mother thinks everyone is the devil. When she finally is let to go to prom, it’ll be the last prom that everyone will attend.

The Stepfather
This is a remake of a movie of the same name. This one stars the guy from Nip/Tuck and Congo from years ago. He plays a killer who changes his look and hooks up with a woman who is a single parent, to only end up killing them and moving on. Only this time, he finds a family that is a little smarter. So what is he hiding in the cupboards in the basement?