Happy Mother’s Day to all those who celebrate! On this day dedicated to celebrating strong, kind, loving mothers I naturally wanted to throw a little horror into the mix by talking about movies that show the darker side of motherhood. So on this Mother’s Day here is a list showcasing the most deranged and disturbing matriarchs in horror.

Some families go on vacation to the seaside in the summer, other families prefer the calm, cool, peace of a quiet, serene lake. Similar to horror films set at the beach, lake horror is a prolific sub-genre. Bringing audiences along on a quaint trip destined for disaster lends itself well to tension. While all of these films intersect with other sub-genres in horror; from creature features and slasher films, to supernatural thrillers, they all are truly terrifying in their ow