You'll Like My Mother

"Run Francesca! Run for your life!"

Oct 13 1972 PG 1h 32m
Drama, Horror, Thriller

Francesca, a pregnant Los Angeles widow, journeys to her late husband's Minnesota hometown to finally meet his mother and family. After being met with icy acceptance from her mother-in-law, then getting stranded with her in a blizzard, Francesca begins to discover terrifying secrets about her husband's family.

Plot

Francesca Kinsolving, a very pregnant widow whose husband was recently killed in action in Vietnam, travels to visit her late husband's mother in a snowy Minnesota town and gets snowed in with her during a fierce blizzard. Forced to wait it out, she slowly uncovers some terrible dark secrets that her mother-in-law has been hiding, such as her psychotic other son, who has recently escaped from the asylum and is shacked up in the basement.

Written by

Jo Heims, Naomi A. Hintze

Directed by

Lamont Johnson

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures, Bing Crosby Productions

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
1,088
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA