We recently talked with Charles Kaufman, the co-writer and director of the original Mother’s Day (1980):

Why a remake now?

I left the film biz in the ‘90’s and now own Bread & Cie. Bakery /Café in San Diego, California. Over the years brother Lloyd ( AKA “Troma Entertainment’s Lloyd Kaufman”) and I have received numerous offers for a remake. I coquettishly resisted them all until Richard Sapperstein, Brett Ratner and Darren Lynn Bousman bought me a drink and Darren’s dog gave me one heck of a lap dance ( I came to like Darren and Brett a lot and was briefly married to Richard ). It was clear from the start that they were the team to remake the film as they possess the delicate sensibilities and a delightful sense of humor. In other words, they laughed at my jokes. And Lloyd thought their checks would clear.

How does Mother’s Day 2010 compare with the original?

In a burst of inspired casting, Lloyd and I appear in cameo roles in “Mother’s Day 2010”. While on the set last month I was impressed with the level of secrecy surrounding this new production. I have, however received permission from the producers to reveal that minor creative liberties have been taken with my original film. Darren’s Mother’s Day will, in fact, be a shot-by-shot remake of Ingmar Bergman’s “The Virgin Spring”.

I have high hope that the Mother’s Day, the remake/sequel will even be better than the original! It’s happened many times before in the history of film…Like “2012” being better than the original, “ An Inconvenient Truth”. Or Jean Luc Goddard’s “Earth and All Things Existential” not being as good as the remake: “Dude, Where’s My Car?” ……or even “Saw IV” blowing the original, “Saw III” totally out of the water!

In any case from what I saw on the set, this Mother’s Day will be a breakthrough film. I have never seen such levels of intensity, violence and gratuitous sex….and that was just in Lloyd and my trailer before they shot our scene.

Welcome to the official Mother’s Day Video Blog. We’ll be bringing you highlights from behind the scenes. Stay tuned for more!

Well, we are WELL into our production, and I can honestly say this is the MOST INTENSE movie I have ever been apart of.

I am so excited, for so many reasons.

This film is horrific.  But in such a different way than any project I have been apart of.  While it’s violent, and scary, and yes, bloody – the horror this time around comes from the amazing acting, and tense situations our characters are placed in.

It’s no secret that I have always been a fan of horror, and horror films.  But unlike SAW, this is NOT some torture porn film.  It’s not some blood fest, nor some exploitation flick.  This is a character study…  Unlike other films of it’s kind.  It’s not a character study of the just the victims;  but also of the killers.  The film doesn’t take sides, or skew itself to frown on any of the characters or their decisions, it just presents itself to the audience for them to side with who they like.

It’s as much a thriller as it is a horror film.

Last night we were shooting a scene where one of the brothers (Addley) was beating one of the house guests brutally with a pool ball… And while blood was flying, and tears were being shed, something happened… I couldn’t tell who I was rooting for… Part of be was so in the head space of the victims, and was scared for them.  The other part of me, understood why Addley was doing what he was doing, and I kind’a felt for him… WHAT THE FUCK I thought?!  You are not suppose to feel for Addley… He is beating someone senseless with a Cue Ball… But I did… as much as I cared for poor Daniel being beaten by that very cue ball…

My point is this… This movie is morphed into something I don’t think any of us saw in the early stages… While it’s delivers on the blood and gore, while it pays homage to the 1980’s classic, it’s has become something more substantial.  Its crossed just being another horror film, to being a thriller, a drama, and yes, at times, even a comedy.

Today, we are off to shoot some more of the house scenes… It gets INSANE as I have 8 to 10 actors on screen at any given time… Which sounded great in the conceptual stage,  in the blocking and shooting stage it has turned into a NIGHTMARE… Shooting coverage and covering EYE lines will be the death of me!  That being said, every single actor in this movie is amazing, and brought so much more to their character, and this story than I ever could have hoped for.

Off to the set… Mother is calling… And trust me, you do NOT want to keep her waiting.