{"id":46,"date":"2017-05-10T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/?p=46"},"modified":"2022-07-20T22:00:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T02:00:36","slug":"top-5-scary-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Scary Moms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Parenting can be a terrifying job, but it\u2019s a little bit easier when you have some iconic horror moms to look to for inspiration \u2013 maybe more so for what not to do. So this Mother\u2019s Day, spend some time with a few of the scariest moms around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kayako Saeki (Ju-On)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just because you\u2019re a ghost doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t spend quality time with the kids! Take it from this scary mom who takes her son just about everywhere. Kayako doesn\u2019t let small details like being dead stop her from spending quality time terrorizing Japan with him. It\u2019s difficult to deny the cultural impact this duo has had on the genre, which helps solidify Kayako as one of the best (and scariest) horror moms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Edith Brennan (Mama)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all the adoptive mothers out there. Just because you found your children feral in the woods doesn\u2019t mean that you love them any less! Raise them like they were your own and kill anyone who suggests otherwise. Also: this creepy mama gives fantastic hugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pamela Voorhees (Friday the 13th)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you\u2019re the protective type, you\u2019ll appreciate the mama bear tendencies displayed by Mrs. Voorhees. Not content to mourn the death of her son, she chooses the best alternate option: vengeance. And sure, trying to prevent more kids from dying camp-related deaths by killing a bunch of kids at a camp doesn\u2019t seem like the logical choice, but don\u2019t tell Mrs. Voorhees that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret White (Carrie)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you aren\u2019t the protective type, you might be better suited to instill strong, cult-like religious values into your child, and push their sanity until you unlock their hidden talents. Terror is admittedly not a great motivational tactic, but it\u2019s hard to deny that Mrs. White\u2019s daughter made an impression at her high school prom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eun-joo (A Tale of Two Sisters)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can\u2019t forget all of the evil stepmothers out there. Considering this role has been a trope since the early days of fairy tales, it takes a truly exceptional stepmom to rise above the pack. Eun-joo may be responsible for the deaths of half of a family, but she\u2019s definitely scary enough to haunt her stepdaughter\u2019s consciousness. Embrace the ambiguity and the terror you strike into the hearts of so many.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parenting can be a terrifying job, but it\u2019s a little bit easier when you have some iconic horror moms to look to for inspiration \u2013 maybe more so for what not to do. So this Mother\u2019s Day, spend some time with a few of the scariest moms around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"blank","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[24,23,25],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lists","tag-holiday","tag-lists","tag-mothers-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"https:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/56"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebechdelscream.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}