Mom Takes Matters Into Her Own Hands In Intense Tubular Horror Thriller

By Robert Scucci
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One legitimate fear that parents have is that their child, or children, will grow up to be complete psychopaths with a tendency towards anti-social behaviour, violence, or both. For Melinda Page Hamilton’s Abbey Bell in 2020s MOM Mothers of Monstersher worst nightmare comes true when her 16-year-old son Jacob’s (Bailey Edwards) behavior becomes so unmanageable that she decides to set up a complex network of nanny cameras in her home to document his every move. Using the found footage method of filming, Tucia Lyman’s Mothers of Monsters focusing on the life of mother and son through fragmented video blogs in an effort to determine whether Jacob’s behavior is the result of nature, nurture, or some combination of these two things.

Although I really enjoyed sitting through Mothers of monsters, it’s one of those horror thrillers that I’ll probably only watch once due to its heavy subject matter, but I couldn’t recommend it more if you’re looking for a found footage entry that will disturb you you to the point of wanting to install cameras in every room of your house the next time your child acts suspiciously.

Abbey Has Every Right To Be Paranoid

Mothers of Monsters is framed through the perspective of Abbey Bell, a middle-aged single mother who has reason to believe that her son Jacob is a textbook psychopath. Fearing that his behavior will eventually escalate to the point of a school shooting, Abbey becomes increasingly frustrated because Jacob – between his tantrums – performs exceptionally well at school, he has a tight-knit group of friends, and from the outside it seems. to be a tired, run-of-the-mill teenager by most conventional standards.

Uploading her video blogs to a cloud server as a way of warning other parents living in similar circumstances, Abbey tells her viewers that Jacob has outwitted his therapists, and knows how to behave normally in settings public because he has mastered the art of acting like a “fake Jacob” whenever he needs to keep up appearances. Never failing to show receipts for her claims, Abbey often revisits home movies from when Jacob was a child in which he is accused of killing the family pet, and of child abuse his age.

While Jacob behaves impulsively and abnormally, such as throwing bricks from a busy overpass at the traffic below (for fun) or doing Jackass– in the style of home movies with his friends about wearing shock collars for dogs, he certainly seems to be lashing out at his mother for always keeping him at arm’s length.

Nature, Nurture, Or Both?

What does Mothers of Monsters such a fascinating watch is the fact that Abbey is not necessarily a trustworthy character despite the fact that she records every single interaction she has with her son against his knowledge. Abbey, whose fears for her son are justified (albeit a little over the top), also has a number of unaddressed mental illnesses that are the result of past trauma involving her older brother who behaved like Jacob when he was a teenager. . Abbey’s camera footage is also quite striking in that her medicine chest is full of prescriptions that she may or may not be taking as directed, and she also has the ultimate drinking habit, which leads to her death on the sofa on more than one. occasion

What’s more, whenever Abbey’s mother or therapist suggests that she might be overreacting to Jacob’s morbid curiosity about dissecting animals or putting bump stocks on his Airsoft guns, she shuts down completely because she sure her son is a psychopath, and she doesn’t want to hear any input that suggests otherwise.

Abbey has already made up her mind, and you find yourself asking if she is at least somewhat responsible for Jacob’s increasing behavior.

You will be left guessing until the credits roll

Family dynamics in Mothers of Monsters is a treasure trove in showcasing a completely dysfunctional family dynamic that makes you wonder who is really in the wrong. There will be times when you see that Jacob’s behavior is justified because of how his mother treats him – he wants to play video games and cause mischief with his friends without thinking about the consequences, while his mother is on the front constantly because she thinks he is a mass murderer in the making. His outbursts could possibly be written off as hormonal or reactive because he knows his mother thinks he’s a problem child, and it’s up to the viewer to figure out which version of Jacob we’re seeing on the screen actually.

When Mothers of Monsters moving on to its third act, you’ll find yourself asking even more questions about Abbey and Jacob’s relationship as things unfold. While a clearer picture of Jacob emerges through the find a movieAbbey’s approach to parenting only continues to make the situation even more volatile.

Stream MOM Mothers of Monsters

Mothers of Monsters offers a disturbing look at the life of a mother who loves her son unconditionally, but whose actions may be an unintentional contributing factor to the problems he faces.

Is Abbey an innocent victim being manipulated by her 16 year old psychopath son? Or is Jacob a misunderstood teenager who is about to snap because he knows his mother has already made up his mind?

If you want these questions answered, you can stream MOM Mothers of Monsters free on Tubi as of this writing.