Claude
is a university statistics professor with a dark side. Kim is the young woman
he kidnaps to satisfy his dysfunctional needs. In this psychological thriller,
tenderness develops between a psychopath and his captive. The simmering plot
boils over as they move inexorably to a climax that will forever change each of
their lives.
Starring:
Casey Chapman, Mackenzie Wiglesworth, and Scott Anderson
Written
and directed by: Edward Pionke
The horror genre continually presents
audiences with characters that do all kinds of disturbing things to other
people. They kill them for fun, eat them, use their body parts for their needs,
and so on. "Mother's Milk" presents another character that has a
special need. As the audience might guess, that need is for a mother's milk!
"Mother's Milk" is a very
character driven film. Lets start with Claude (Casey Chapman), professor by
day, and nut job by night. Claude has the traits of the usual crazy people
audience’s see plus the unique obsession for a mother's milk. Yes, ok for
babies, but not ok for adults. While he has the sick obsession, what works for
him is how well he has everything planned out. What should be a difficult task
is rather easy for him.
And why is it easy? Besides his
detailed planning, he gets some cooperation from Kim, who isn’t the usual
victim. Yes, she freaks out at first, but then accepts the hand that she's been
dealt. She goes along with all of Claude's unusual habits, and take's having
him drink her milk like a champ. It really makes for one of the most odd
situations a kidnapper, and victim could be in.
In order to truly be great characters,
the movie needed and got strong performances from Casey, and Mackenzie. Casey
nails playing in total control, and then having those deranged moments.
Mackenzie does an excellent job making the audience remember that she's a
victim even when there are times the audience might think the two are more of a
couple.
On top of the strong performances, this
is a well-written story. It starts with the whole idea of having a guy being
obsessed with something so wrong. Then it moves to the great conversations
Claude and Kim have, and the situations that are created in her room. Every
time the audience might think normalcy is coming, they are quickly reminded of
what's really going on. Add in some well-timed odd dreams by Claude to show
just how demented he is.
"Mother's Milk" puts a
disturbed individual, and mother together in an extremely uncomfortable
situation. The story doesn't unfold as the audience might expect, but does come
to a solid conclusion. In between, the audience can enjoy two great characters
driven by strong acting performances. With that said, I give this movie 3 pools
of blood.
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