Basically the plot of Mother of Tears is this: a Pandora's Box of sorts is opened, resulting in the people of Rome acting out in random spurts of deranged violence, and Asia Argento has to stab a naked swimsuit model in a sewer to stop all of it. I'm not really joking here; the plot and writing is pretty much as lazy as that, but this movie's not about those things. As a gorehound who is rarely satisfied by the degree of bloodshed in any given movie, I was satisfied by this one, and even let out an "Ew!" in one scene, which I probably only do once a decade. So there. I enjoyed it. If gore is your thing, I promise you will enjoy this one too. And if you're an Argento super fan, there are some nice, albeit sparse, details in the DVD extras.

The Making of Mother of Tears
This one is pretty cool. Interviews with Asia about growing up as "The Princess of Horror," as dubbed by Italian gossip rags, videos of how they made and tested all the skulls they squished, raw footage of extras trying to sell looking possessed, etc. Not the greatest behind the scenes of all time, but fun nonetheless (what about an Argento project isn't?).

A Conversation With Legendary Filmmaker Dario Argento
I love when they have to say "Legendary" like I'm renting a Dario Argento movie without knowing who he is, like it's The Ruins or something. Anyway, he talks about his love of the novels the trilogy is based on, and working with his daughter again, and how satisfying it was to finally complete the trilogy after nearly three decades of waiting for financing. He's interesting and sincere, though I wish they'd let him just do the interview in Italian, with subtitles. His accent is crazy thick, and I think we all would have been more comfortable without having to struggle with the language barriers.

And that's it, folks! There are also the U.S. and Italian trailers, but sadly, no commentary or even better, a gag reel. I say it's still worth at least a rental though.