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Rabid Grannies (1988)

Rabid Grannies poster
Original title
Les mémés cannibales
Directed by
Emmanuel Kervyn
Genre
horror film
Country
Belgium
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 61 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two elderly sisters get a strange gift from a relative they don't talk to. The present causes them to turn into monsters who then attack their greedy family.

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What happens

Rabid Grannies is a 1988 Belgian/French horror comedy film written and directed by Emmanuel Kervyn. It stars Danielle Daven and Anne-Marie Fox as elderly sisters who, after receiving a present from an ostracized black sheep relative, kill their greedy family. It was distributed in the US on VHS and DVD by Troma Entertainment, who made severe cuts to the film. In 1990, the film was nominated for an International Fantasy Film Award, Best Film for Emmanuel Kervyn. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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