Bad Blood 1989

Bad Blood AKA A Woman Obsessed (1989) In English. Vhsrip (it's not available on dvd).

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A cult movie with mother-son incest. There's an unbelievable scene where the insane mother ties her son up and "rapes" him (pictures below).
Don't expect a serious film. This is an over-the-top horror/thriller movie.

Plot Description: When yuppie Manhattan lawyer Ted Barnes (Gregory Patrick) discovers that he was adopted and that his birth mother (Georgina Spelvin) lives in Long Island, he heads out to spend the weekend at her fabulous estate. Unfortunately, she's not exactly a model of sanity, and before you can say, "Oedipus Rex," Mad Mama has poisoned Ted's wife (Linda Blair), then, confusing her son with his father, tries to force Ted into incestuous nuptials.

IMDB Comment: Wealthy, aging female painter Arlene Bellings is having a show in the city, and one of her paintings attracts the attention of a man, Ted Barnes (Gregory Patrick) who appears to be the painting's subject. He doesn't know Arlene but she definitely knows him, as she confesses that he is the grown child that she had taken from her in her youth, by her wealthy, domineering father. Ted's wife Evie (Linda Blair) is as perplexed as her husband, until Ted's mother (Carolyn Van Bellinghen) confirms that Arlene's story is true. But looks are deceiving, and Arlene's secret past lies just below the surface of her warm and friendly demeanor. She soon invites Ted and Evie to her palatial country estate for the weekend, and that's when Arlene sets in motion a plan to have Ted all for herself - in more ways than one.

I haven't seen a film since "Last House on the Left" that has had balls as big as this film has. It tackles the subject of maternal incest without batting an eye, and yet even at this point of depravity/hilarity it does not descend, or become any less beguiling. There's a creepy, pulling charm to "Bad Blood", and all of its kinky, Gothic themes. The sets and locations are amazing, and although it's somewhat technically inept it doesn't stop working on you.