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Mommy (1995)
Patty McCormack's "Mommy" is psychotically obsessed with her 12-year-old daughter Jessica Ann -- so much so that when she finds out Jessica didn't get the "Student of the Year" award again, she solves the problem by murdering the teacher who didn't recommend her for it. She dismisses the killing as inconsequential ("a minor accident"), but the homicide detective assigned to the case suspects her immediately, and an insurance investigator who also suspects her tries to get close to Jessica Ann to find out what really happened.
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Patty McCormack's "Mommy" is psychotically obsessed with her 12-year-old daughter Jessica Ann -- so much so that when she finds out Jessica didn't get the "Student of the Year" award again, she solves the problem by murdering the teacher who didn't recommend her for it. She dismisses the killing as inconsequential ("a minor accident"), but the homicide detective assigned to the case suspects her immediately, and an insurance investigator who also suspects her tries to get close to Jessica Ann to find out what really happened.
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Genre:Horror
Written By:Max Allan Collins
In Theaters:11/28/1995
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Runtime:89 minutes
Studio:M.A.C. Productions
Cast
Max Allan Collins
Director
Patty McCormack
Mommy
Rachel Lemieux
Jessica Ann
Jason Miller
Lt. March
Brinke Stevens
Beth
Michael Cornelison
Mark Jeffries
Majel Barrett
Mrs. Withers
Mickey Spillane
Attorney Eckhart
Sarah Jane Miller
Miss Jones The Janitor
Marian Wald
Principal
Jason Shepley
District Attorney's Office representative
Kevin McCarthy
Fire Department Rescuer
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