RABID GRANNIES is a very low budget gross-out comedy from Belgium, unless you happen to watch the American version put out by Troma, in which case it's merely a comedy as all of the gore has been excised, weirdly, from their version. The story is set in one of those old dark houses where a couple of grannies receive a cursed present and transform into demons which then proceed to slaughter the assembled relatives. As a film it feels a little like Peter Jackson's BRAINDEAD albeit not as good, but without the rubbery gore effects this is merely incoherent nonsense, and completely pointless to watch.

Every December a friend comes to celebrate the holidays with us with a nice dinner, and one horrifically bad movie. Rabid Grannies, a monstrosity from Belgium, was selected for 2012. We laughed, we cried, we had a ball. There's a contest between the actors on who can over-act the mostestest, the dubbing and warped English are hilarious, and the story, well... Two old maids in a mansion, a greedy family, and a Satanist with a grudge... Continuity is out the window, as is logic, as the grannies are zombified and start munching on their guests, making it a very literal family dinner they're attending. No-one is safe, the guilty are as tasty as the innocent. It has all the elements to become a classic, and in its own warped way, it really is. Only watch if you're willing to laugh yourself into the hospital.

I was 10 years old (now 26) and this film was the first gore horror i laid my eyes on and it's mentally scared me in a way.Now and again i watch the odd clip of it on youtube and even now it gives me this strange feeling that 'i don't really want to be watching this'..Even though, since... i've seen hundreds of gory films, but this one is still implanted in my head, possibly because it was my first.Even the front cover of the video, with the little girl and the two rabid grannies stood behind her freaks me out.Maybe i should talk about the plot... well, there isn't one. It doesn't need one really. It's just a couple of Grannies ripping their claws through a bunch of middle class relatives. I don't even think they're rabid from what i remember!?The setting of a remote mansion works really well, gives it a creepy feel to the daftness going on inside the house.On the downside, the films English dubbing doesn't really do it any justice, making it into more of a comedy than an actual horror. I'd like to watch the subtitled version, if one exists, to see if takes away that comedic effect.My verdict from what i remember 7 out of 10... and thank you for poisoning my angelic childhood Grandma's.

Rabid Grannies is a fantastic comedy/horror film from Belgium, which has been (poorly) dubbed into English and distributed by Troma. Not only does this film possess one of the best titles in cinematic history, it also boasts innovative direction, great gore effects and some wonderfully tasteless humour.The film is based on a simple, yet very effective premise. Two old ladies invite various family members to their large estate in order to celebrate their birthday. As the family gathers for dinner, a package arrives from a disowned cousin, which the two old grannies quickly unwrap. Inside the package is a box containing an evil spirit, which takes possession of the women and turns them into blood hungry demons. From this point on, the grannies gleefully decapitate, dismember and torture their guests with a high degree of wit and originality.Despite the obvious budgetary constraints, the gore is well done and original. Highlights include one of the grannies literally biting her rotund nephew's butt off and the scene in which the grannies lure their granddaughter to her death. All of the violence has a strong undercurrent of black humour, which thankfully is never constrained by the bounds of good taste. Examples include the fate of the cowardly priest and the throwing around of severed body parts. I highly recommend the unrated European version of the film as the Troma edition, at least in Australia, is missing a significant amount of carnage.Rabid Grannies (literally translated "the cannibalistic grandmas") is an unusual and highly amusing horror film, which is destined to become a cult favourite. I think it is time for Emmanuel Kervyn to hurry up and make another picture. Rabid Grannies 2 would be a nice place to start.