There have been plenty of great moms in film like Sally Field in Forrest Gump, or Sarah Connor in The Terminator series, but let’s be really evil and pick out those terrible moms who screwed their kids right up. Holla Moms that failed.
10. GINGER McKENNA IN CASINO
CPS Issue: Pill popping, scumbag following, manipulatory behavior in front of children to better herself before ultimately abandoning them.
9. SERIAL MOM
CPS Issue: Kills anyone who wrongs her children
8. MAMA BOUCHER IN WATERBOY
CPS Issue: Lied about fathers death, obsessed with “the Devil”, and does not like Vicki Vallencourt.
7. HOME ALONE MOM
CPS Issue: Takes trips to Paris and forgets child.
6. MARGARET WHITE IN CARRIE
CPS Issue: Religous extremist inciting daughter’s imminent destruction
5. STIFLER’S MOM IN AMERICAN PIE
CPS Issue: Banging sons friends
4. PAMELA VOORHEES IN FRIDAY THE 13TH
CPS Issue: Murder, death, evil resurrection
3. KHALIA RICHARDS IN LOSING ISAIAH
CPS Issue: Crack addict, abandoned baby
2. JOAN CRAWFORD IN MOMMIE DEAREST
CPS Issue: Obsessed with wire hangers
1. MOTHER BATES
CPS Issue: Raised a demented serial killer
Twitter: Top10Films
July 11, 2012 6:39 am
Great list Heather! This Losing Isaiah is a new one on me – never heard of it before – is it worth checking out, or only worthy if I’m looking for crappy Mommas?
Twitter: kaiderman
July 12, 2012 7:30 am
The latter!
Twitter: Top10Films
August 2, 2012 5:59 am
Haha…well, okay then.
If anyone’s interested here’s my somewhat related Top 10 Scary Mothers list: https://www.top10films.co.uk/archives/11995
Twitter: MarkusWelby1
July 11, 2012 8:11 am
Does Mother Bates count since it was actually Norman the whole time? OH CRAP SPOILER!
Awesome choices. I’d also add Maggie’s mother in Milion Dollar Baby, what a bitch!
Twitter: kaiderman
July 12, 2012 7:29 am
That is an awesome call, Sati!
Serial Mom is probably my favorite on the list.
That pic from Friday the 13th would make for an awesome Mother’s Day card.
Twitter: agracru
July 12, 2012 7:04 am
Seconded. “My love for you will never die, mom…and neither will I!”
Twitter: agracru
July 12, 2012 7:09 am
I think Barbara Hershey deserves a nod here for being an absolutely horrendous human being in Black Swan.
Twitter: kaiderman
July 12, 2012 7:28 am
OOH! That’s a good one!
Twitter: kaiderman
July 12, 2012 7:28 am
Okay, I hate the order but this is a great list.
Sharon Stone, Kathy Bates and “Home Alone Mom” are INSPIRED choices!!!
Twitter: stevebushtweets
July 12, 2012 1:09 pm
Fantastic, but I got a lot of love for Beth Grant who played Kitty Farmer in Donnie Darko.
“Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SbgEYBG-Y8
Twitter: mrsthuro
July 13, 2012 9:12 am
From what I’ve seen, great list, Heather!
Having recently rewatched Inception, I must add Mal Cobb to this list. Crazy bitch would rather live in some messed up dream world than take care of her kids. And when she can’t have her way, she kills herself, making her husband look like a murderer so he can’t raise their kids either. WTF?!
Great list, Heather! I gotta say, tho, the mom from Carrie deserves a better spot on the list. This is the sort of person that is absolutely, 100% guaranteed to screw her child up. It is beyond tragic.