Spanking the Monkey

'Spanking the Monkey' (1994)

Who's Your Mommy? Susan Aibelli (Alberta Watson). Poor college freshman Ray (Jeremy Davies) returns home for summer vacation from a lauded year at MIT. But once there, he's stuck playing nursemaid to his mother, who has an injured leg. Oh, but it gets ... more worse: Mom is depressed, hates Ray's father (which you can't blame her for, since he cheats and seems to care only for the family dog) and drinks too much. Wait, it gets worse yet: Mom needs sponge baths and massages, likes to flirt and, well, ultimately, dominates a full-blown incestuous relationship.

Meanest Moment: Drawing Ray into a relationship is bad enough. But on top of that sin, we're also nominating Susan's controlling manner when Ray attempts to go out with a girl. Because of all the inappropriate behavior with his mom, Ray finds himself in an unusually aggressive sexual moment with the girl. He's bound for a life of female misunderstanding ... and that's probably just the upside!

Memorable Quote: "Your father never did this." -- Susan's response after her son gives her a foot rub.

Maternal Comeuppance? No. Though he nearly kills his mother in one scene and, finally, runs away, we don't know what kind of abyss he's running toward. (Fine Line Features/Courtesy Everett Collection)