I saw this movie a long time ago with my Peruvian landlady and still have fond memories of it. The basic plot is simple: an elderly grandmother with a ravenous appetite is eating her family out of house and home both literally and figuratively. This is to be sure a black comedy, very funny but with a dark undercurrent... how does one deal with a person who eats anything she can get her hands on? At first the family tries to get rid of her by rather legitimate means culminating in actually getting her married off. After the marriage ends as quickly as the food supply, she is back at the family home. The family now decides to get rid of her via murder but all their plans backfire. They die one by one and she continues to survive. If you get a chance to see this movie, please do - it is cleverly written and the acting is superb - you won't be disappointed.
Grandma
(1979)
Elderly grandma literally eats her family out of house and home
25 June 2011
Warning: Spoilers