Mother, May I Sleep with Danger TV Movie 2. Im sure the executives at Lifetime were proud of themselves when they green lit the remake of Mother, May I Sleep with Danger Were letting everyone know were in on the joke How cool are we right now one of them might have crowed. And we got James Franco another one probably squealed. Tori and Ivan are also on board, but of course they would be, amiright Ill admit I was kind of looking forward to this, too, but there were a few things that made me apprehensive, starting with the the discovery that our heroine would be in the clutches of a lesbian vampire, not a dangerously possessive boyfriend. Christ, does everythinghave to be about vampires and zombies now But what really had me wary was that 2. Mother, May I Sleep with Danger was, unlike the original, going to be intentionally campy. I thought the campiness the 1. Lifetimes Drew Peterson Untouchable delivered far more camp thrills for my basic cable dollar. That said, the original Mother, May I. For me, its that lack of self awareness thats essential for elevating a movie or TV show from a mere fiasco to a camp classic. When Valley of the Dolls was brought to the big screen, the studio thought they were making a hard hitting drama. Mommie Dearest was supposed to be Oscar bait. Watch The Caretaker Download. Watch Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? Online IMDB' title='Watch Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? Online IMDB' />The Swarm was meant to be the ultimate disaster movie, instead of just a disaster. But the remakere imagining of Mother, May I. Most underwhelming of all is James Franco. If ever theres an actor working today whos worthy of being called the New Nicolas Cage, its Franco, who can deliver Oscar caliber performances 1. Hours and then go bats t crazy Spring Breakers without breaking a sweat. But like Cage, Franco doesnt always go nuts when we need him to. Just as Cage phoned it in on Left Behind, Franco, as a director of a college production of Macbeth, is literally sitting on the sidelines in Mother, May I., doing little more than offering a few winking asides to the TV audience. Directed by Jorge Montesi. With Tori Spelling, Ivan Sergei, Todd Caldecott, Gabrielle Miller. Laurel has the boyfriend of her dreams Kevin. He can and will do. Watch Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? Online IMDB' title='Watch Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? Online IMDB' />IMDb went to New York Comic Con 2017 to learn crucial tidbits about Marvels anticipated new series, Runaways. Watch to find out what we discovered. Tori Spelling, cast as the mother this time out, does what she can to make lightning strike twice, but most of the camp value she brings to the screen has less to do with her performance which is OK and more to do with her being Tori Spelling, Reality Show JokeTabloid Punching Bag. Ivan Sergei, whose performance as the psycho boyfriend in the original was so much fun, is cast in the more subdued role of a college literature professor. It should be noted that Mother, May I. Leila George, whos sleeping with danger, and Emily Meade, the danger with whom shes sleeping and better direction by Melanie Aitkenhead not James Franco, as was reported at one time, than the original. However, the script, by Amber Coney from the twisted mind of James Franco, is ho hum, Francos mind not nearly twisted enough. At the end of the day, the movie plays like a bland episode of American Horror Story, with all the gratuitous nudity, over the top performances, and bitchy lines that make hatshow fun cut out.