The Mother of Tears (2007)

“Mother of Tears” is one of Dario Argento’s more recent works and is the third chapter of his “Three Mothers” trilogy that includes “Suspiria” and “Inferno”. It’s an interesting film with a great premise but you know that you are watching a very Italian horror movie; not that there’s anything wrong with that but it should be kept in mind if you’re thinking about renting this or watching it online. It stars Asia Argento who has a very uneven performance, and the movie includes a brief scene with Udo Kier as a priest who tries to help Asia’s character with some vital piece of information. The film is beautiful to watch, doesn’t include a soundtrack by the band Goblin, and has a type of monkey that heralds certain doom.

When an urn from the 1500’s is unearthed during a construction project, an ancient evil is unleashed within the city of Rome. Mater Lachrymarum is the last surviving of the “Three Mothers”, three timeless sisters who perform dark magic, and once the urn is opened, she and her helpers descend onto Rome to retrieve the items within which includes a cloak that increases her powers dramatically. With the cloak in her possession, the people of Rome become violent and begin a rash of murders, destruction and suicide. Sarah Mandy helped open the urn and saw her boss killed by Marta Lachrymarum demon servants. Now Sarah is on the run trying to solve the mystery of Marta Lachrymarum while discovering that her own mother was a white witch who is contacting her from beyond the grave (WAY TOO MUCH like Obi Wan talking to Luke after he died!!!!!). The movie ends with a showdown between Sarah the White Witch and Marta Lachrymarum, the Mother of Tears.  DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN!