TV series

Mother Love

1989 · 1 season

A slow, unsettling study of obsessive love that tightens like a vice, leaving you tense and disturbed.

Tagline: She loved him to death
Overview: A seemingly perfect couple's life unravels when the husband's eccentric mother acts on intense jealousy, seeking revenge through a series of incidents implicating her ex-husband, his new wife, and an old friend, then leading to murder.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, family, betrayal, revenge
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
family
betrayal
revenge
madness
Places: big city
home
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Created by: Simon Langton
Starring: James Wilby, Diana Rigg, David McCallum, Fiona Gillies, Amelia Shankley, Colin Stinton
Length: 1 seasons, 4 episodes, 55 min each
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English