Rabid Grannies(Review)

Troma films are their own special breed. At times they put the awful in awfully entertaining. The actors act their butt off putting so much enthusiasm in their delivery. That is the case in Rabid Grannies or more accurately Rabid Aunties. It’s quite the ride but can’t say I didn’t enjoy it.

The movie begins by throwing us introductions to our colorful cast of characters. They are all awful in their own ways, including the priest. They are all on their way to a nice little dinner party at their aunties estate and eager for their piece of the future inheritance.

The two aunties are very sweet and seem naive to the true intentions of their relatives. The cheerful dinner music was a nice touch as as watch everyone gripe and be abnoxious. The jock of the group hits on a woman and before we know it her boobs are out. It’s a 80s movie what can I say.

Then a mysterious package comes which the aunties are all but delighted to open. It contains a box with the letter. It comes from a family member who was not invited to the party and he is not too happy about that. We then learn this person is Satanic and into evil shit. Whatever the box contains it can’t be good.

So smoke emanates from the box and then the aunties start to transform. One sprouts a long talon that keeps growing. The other ones mouth splits open until she resembles like a human Venus fly trap. Her arms extends to grab one of the guests, drags a girl to her mouth and promptly bites the girls head off. As chaos ensues the cheerful dinner music plays again in the background.

So the aunties transform into bald headed demons. One by one they start picking off the rest of the guests. They resort to trickery when doing so. No one is safe. Not even kids. The kitchen staff. Dog is safe however. It even gets to snack on one of the victims. Which yeah that was a screwed up scene.

So picture this, the younger daughter leaves the table before the demon transformation happened. She is completely unaware of what transpired. So she comes to one of the aunties who looks normal. The mother of the daughter goes to look for her and is greeted by her daughter’s foot tumbling down the stairs. She runs up to see the dog chowing down on her daughter’s other leg and the body in the clutches of the demon aunties. Talk about harsh.
Yeah this movie is gross with blood and guts everywhere. At one point someone finds a shotgun with infinite ammo. The guy starts blasting away at one of the demons and it had no effect as it just laughs it off. Then the demon dons a suit of armor. The guy still continues blasting until it approaches and proceeds to slice him with its poleaxe. That was pretty wild.

The demonic aunties nearly end up killing all the family but there are some survivors. They eventually figure out the key to ending their terror is connected to the box and eventually destroy it which lifts the curse.

Yeah this one was quite the treat. Its definitely a product of its time. The effects are all practical and there’s so much gore. The acting, oh yeah there is so much scenery being chewed. It’s definitely awful but not so awful that you won’t enjoy it. It has it’s own special touch and could explain why it’s an cult classic of sorts. If you haven’t seen this yet, it is currently streaming on Shudder.

Till next time, stay scared!
-Tha Thrilla-

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