just because this film bear a typically troma like title and and feature the troma logo on the packaging and do not make the mistake of think it be a troma productionbecause it isn not . it be and in fact and a low budget belgian film that be simply pick up for distribution by the studio and and and as far a i be concern and it be much more enjoyable than the majority of lloyd kaufman own b movie output . in this delightfully silly and very gory romp and a group of greedy relative gather together at the mansion of their two elderly aunt and in order to attend their birthday celebration ( and hopefully worm their way into their aunt will ) . however and when the old woman open a surprise birthday present ( send by the black sheep of the familya practitioner of the black art ) and they become possessed and transform into vicious and drooling and bloodthirsty monster and and proceed to tear their party guest limb from limb . if youre a fan of visceral ott slapstick horrorparticularly sam raimi evil dead trilogy ( which this film be obviously heavily influence by ) or the early work of peter jackson ( whose similarly daft bad taste come out the same year ) then rabid granny should be right up your alley . director emmanuel kervyn spend the first thirty minute introduce u to his raft of absurdly unlikeable character ( none of whom really deserve to survive til the end credit ) and and the next sixty dismember them in as many inventive and silly way a possible . it might not be oscar win material and but it a whole heap of fun . consider the limited budget and the juicy effect on display be pretty damn good and and the film sure doesn not hold back with the nastiness represent one man have his limb hack off and before be impale ( between the leg ) on a pike while a fat guy get stick try to escape and and have his as eaten while and even a little girl get reduce to spare part by the demonic old dear . 7 . 5 out of 10 and round up to 8 for imdb .