One of the ultimate monster moms, though not violent directly, is the Angela Lansbury character in Manchurian Candidate. See Michael Rogin's wonderful essay "Kiss Me Deadly" on the intersections of misogyny and anti-communism in the 1950s. On another note, and I guess not on of Creed's catgories, but Oddly again I haven't seen it mentioned here yet: Heavenly Creatures Also not in Creed's categories: female bodyguards. e.g Angela Bassett is Strange Days or Dina Meyer (?) as Molly Millions in Johnny Mnenomic. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite