The Electric Grandmother (1982)

7.0/10 60 min TV Movie Science Fiction Family

Overview

To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, where they customize their new grandmother, and within a short time, she arrives. The android is equipped with everything needed as a parent and the boys are charmed. The daughter, however, still misses her mother and she bears no welcome for this interloper.

Cast

Maureen Stapleton

Grandmother

Edward Herrmann

Father

Paul Benedict

Guido Fantoccini

Robert MacNaughton

Tom

Madeleine Sherwood

Aunt Clara

Dortha Duckworth

Grandma Neighbor

Paula Trueman

Old Agatha

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