Synopsis
“A Mother's Worst Nightmare”
A distraught mother suspects her teenage son is a psychopath who may shoot up his high school, but when he outsmarts the mental healthcare system she is forced to take matters into her own hands.
Thriller + Drama in Other Asia
38 Other Asia titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters itself).
The 2019–2021 Other Asia Window
In the crowded 2019-2021 Other Asia release window, M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters sits at #63 of 74. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
#1Every Week Has a Friday
★ 8.9 · 2020
#22019 GFRIEND ASIA TOUR 'GO GO GFRIEND!'
★ 8.3 · 2019
#3Born a King
★ 8.3 · 2019
#4BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
★ 8.2 · 2020
#5Multifaceted
★ 8.2 · 2020
#62018 GFRIEND FIRST CONCERT 'Season of GFRIEND' ENCORE
★ 8.1 · 2019
#7The Book of Sun
★ 7.8 · 2020
#8There Is No Evil
★ 7.6 · 2020
The 2020s Other Asia Landscape
2020 was the decade’s peak output year for Other Asia — 28 titles released, including M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (79 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 27 other Other Asia films in 2020.
The 480th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
40 audience reviews — more than 83% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 69th percentile among Other Asia films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- video diary · 1
- found footage · 22
- psychopath · 13
- teenage boy · 8
- family conflict · 8
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #444 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (19th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Thriller productions specifically: #45 of 57 (top 79%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United States of America |
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Aha Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | March 13, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt8186932 |
| Official Site | www.mothersofmonsters.com |