I Dismember Mama


I Dismember Mama, also known as Poor Albert and Little Annie and Crazed UK video title, is a 1972 horror film about a violent sex criminal with a fixation on his mother. During its original theatrical release, patrons were given free paper Up Chuck Cups with the purchase of a ticket. A well known trailer advertising a double feature paired with 1972s The Blood Spattered Bride, which was filmed in the style of a news report covering the story of an audience member who had gone insane while watching the films. The title is a pun on the famous play I Remember Mama.

When Alices 9yearold daughter Annie Geri Reischl returns home from school, Albert immediately takes a liking to her and he tells her that her mother has gone to the hospital and left him to take care of Annie while shes away. Albert reverts to a childlike persona and they immediately form a friendship, playing games, talking, and laughing together. Albert takes Annie on a day of doing activities like riding paddleboats and a small train, and that night he takes her to a hotel where they conduct a mock wedding ritual. Albert considers Annie to be a pure woman, and he truly loves her. When his sexual attraction to her manifests itself while she is sleeping, instead Albert goes out and picks up a woman in a bar and brings her back to the hotel room. His bizarre sadism comes out again and he murders the woman, but Annie wakes up and sees it happening. She screams and escapes out of a window, climbing down the fire escape with Albert chasing after her. They run into a mannequin factory, where Annie attempts to hide among the figures. Albert sees her though and envisions her wearing makeup like a harlot, and decides she is just like all the other women after all. When he attempts to kill her with a cleaver, Annie defends herself by holding one of the mannequins in front of herself. She pushes Albert backwards and he falls out of a fourth story window onto the concrete below. The police arrive moments later and comfort Annie, while Albert lies dying on the ground.Critical reception for the film has been negative. TV Guide panned the film calling the films production shabby but also noted that actor Zooey Halls performance as Albert as interesting. ........

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