Just perfect...

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Oct 2014:Watching the movie late at night for the 2014 October Horror Challenge on the IMDb Horror board (RIP) I found it to hardly leave me with any lasting memories, partly due to being tied,but also due to the flick being so disconnected from the other two in the series.Feb 9th 2017:Whilst trying to decide which of the last 4 titles (one alt cut,and two in need of re-watching) from auteur film maker Dario Argento,I read a review from a fellow IMDber on Argento's Dracula,who said it was not as "entertaining or gratuitous as his bonkers Mother of Tears." After reading this,I decided to pay another visit to the final mother with a new mindset.The plot:Sent an urn recently dug up that is believed to contain artefacts belonging to the mythical "Third Mother/Mother of Tears" Mater Lachrymarum, art restoration student Sarah Mandy opens the urn with a curator . Accidentally cutting herself during the opening, (woops!) Mandy's blood leads to Lachrymarum's henchmen coming to life and killing the curator. Running away,Mandy soon discovers from ghosts of the past that she is the only one who can stop the mother crying.View on the film:Whilst stripping the film of the distinctive appearance of Suspiria and Inferno,co-writer (along with Jace Anderson / Walter Fasano/ Adam Gierasch and Simona Simonetti) director Dario Argento & cinematographer Frederic Fasano unearth a dusty, golden appearance that keeps the horrors linked to the nightmare unearthed. Tearing the limbs out of anything even slightly subtle,Argento attacks the low budget for a piece of gloriously weird,pure Horror kitsch. Making the end of the world look like a Friday night out,Argento jumps over the limited extras with practical bonkers delights,from gallons of over the top gore and bad CGI ghosts,to a random cheeky monkey and the witches looking like a Goth band.Criss-crossed from various screenplays written over 30 years,the writers struggle to keep any of the original elements of the first two films intact,with bone-dry scenes involving "research" featuring characters showing illustrations in books for scenes the budget can't cover. Rolling down an Adventure Horror path,the writers push the mammoth flaws aside for hilariously odd shocks,that leaps from Mandy fighting hobos on the eve of the apocalypse,to Mandy being unable to spank a demonic monkey. Reuniting with her dad, (who lingers a bit too long at her naked body) sexy Asia Argento gives a fittingly peculiar performance as Mandy,who largely appears oddly relaxed at the end of the world,as her dad closes the urn on The Three Mothers.

Filmmaker Dario Argento's concluding film in his "Three Mothers" trilogy (also featuring "Suspiria" (1977) and "Inferno" (1980)) is definitely not in the same league as the first two films. It's a certifiably wild and over the top succession of morbid images that does boast a certain degree of showmanship. Dario's daughter Asia stars as Sarah Mandy, a student of art restoration and archaeology in Rome who comes into possession of some ancient artifacts, the discovery of which spells doom for everybody as Mater Lachrymarum, the third of the deadly Three Mothers, visits evil upon the city of Rome; suicide is rampant and hostilities flare. Sarah, whose mother had once fought the forces of evil, eventually realizes that it's all on her to save the day, although she does get some help along the way, from people like Marta Colussi (Valeria Cavalli), Detective Enzo Marchi (Cristian Solimeno), and Father Johannes (Udo Kier, who'd previously been featured in "Suspiria"). Kier isn't around for very many scenes, but he's always welcome no matter how small his part may be, and it's also worth it just to see Asia share some scenes with her real-life mom Daria Nicolodi, who plays her mom in the film. As one can expect from a Dario Argento film, there's not a whole lot of sense here, and the spectacle does overwhelm what attempts are made at exposition. One very unfortunate fact here is that this is nowhere near as thickly atmospheric and beautifully lit as "Suspiria" or "Inferno"; this also does not have the feel of a freaky fairy tale as its predecessors, functioning in a very modern mode. Asia tries, but is not as engaging a presence as Jessica Harper or Irene Miracle. Composer Claudio Simonetti's work is of course good but just not that memorable. At the least, horror fans can delight in a film that delivers gore by the bucketful; some of it is so outrageous that it will have them roaring with appreciative laughter. And one thing that deserves a mention is that Moran Atias is far and away the sexiest of these three Mothers, looking quite delectable in her birthday suit. Dario does give the proceedings a fairly apocalyptic feel, and there is some delicious nastiness in the insane climax, but the ending is overall not terribly satisfying. People who love and admire Dario's previous films in this series may regard this as a real comedown, but taken for what it is, it's pretty entertaining. Seven out of 10.

When The Mother of Tears and Poorly Chosen Titles, the last of three powerful witch sisters(who don't need such things as motivation, because they're Evil), is brought back and(through her minions, including, purely for increasing the silliness value(well, that's all it does do, anyway), a small monkey) begins to spread chaos, anarchy and, worst of all, Ke$ha clones, Sarah Mandy may be the only person who can stop her. Set in Rome, this is the final part of a trilogy that I realize is (in)famous, but that I have not watched the first two installments of. Thus, while I can tell that a lot(perhaps a majority) of fans find this a massive disappointment, I can't really tell. This is one of my first Dario's films, and I continue to not be that big into his style. I won't call it "bad", it may simply not really be for me. With that said, I would like to kindly request he stop giving his daughter roles. Asia isn't even necessarily a bad actress, she just seems to suck in her dad's stuff. The performances in this don't tend to be great(other than Udo Kier, who instantly heightens the fun of anything he's in... particularly something as cheesy as this). With that said, not many of them are painful to watch(unfortunately, our lead does belong in that category). Characters are reasonably likable, if they're not all terribly distinct(I got several of them mixed up, especially near the end). As with other movies with magic, one can wonder what the limitations are, and why this or that doesn't happen by virtue of someone controlling supernatural forces. It also expects you to accept religion as something inherently positive, well, the faith represented, anyway(heathens, not so much). Well, the director is from a deeply Catholic country - where the men are(supposedly; shhh...) true or celibate, and the choir boys are nervous. This can be quite creepy, and sometimes builds atmosphere. There is tension, and it is definitely unpleasant, with gruesome, brutal, graphic gore, violence and bloodshed(without becoming torture porn... we care when people are hurt, it has an impact, and it isn't lingered on, or at least not enough that I would define it as an entry into that subgenre), as well as a little nudity, sexuality and perversity. Most of this is arguably gratuitous; however, it is often effective. The FX are pretty good, and the deaths are creative and memorable. This has a nice visual style, something I understand is to be expected from Argento. The editing and cinematography raise this above other exploitative horror flicks. Not much, mind you. The plot, credibility and logic are decent(again, better than some other pictures like it). The DVD comes with a trailer for each of the following: The Boston Strangler: The Untold Story, B.T.K. and The Vanguard. I recommend this to fans of this type of thing. 6/10

now I heard a lot of bad things about this movie, and I heard a lot of good things about this movie. For most Argento fans it was a love it, or hate it. I, Myself, have only watched 4 of his films, a majority being ones that the fans did not like. In my opinion this movie was a fun ride. Nothing serious, and nothing all that scary, but a cheesy cult movie nevertheless. There are plenty of special effects in this film, but many of them give the vibe of an Unrated ScyFy movie, bloody, but silly. There are many cool kills though, such as the beginning where a woman gets her mouth ripped apart. There are some very sexual parts of this movie, which I tend to get a lot of when I'm watching Argento films......I don't really know how to comment on that....The one thing that keeps on giving me chuckles is Asia terrible acting in this film. She's a great actress (especially in Land of the Dead) but in this film, every other line sounds so fake, and forced, I just can't help but Laugh. Another problem I have with this film, is that some of the things that people do here, don't make a lick of sense, and I have to yell out "WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT??!!" Also there is a part of the film where the main character's mother (a spirit) shows up, and communicates with her, and I just have to say....the special effect used during those scenes are eye nauseating. Other than that, this movie is PRETTY BAD, but not in a terrible way. It's one of those SO-Bad-it's-GOOD films, and I would recommend it only to B-movie lovers.