Mother Stands for Comfort

[Eugene Yang <yange@ccmail.gsm.uci.edu>]

I've always thought that _Mother Stands for Comfort_ was inspired by a 
1984(?) film called _Dead Zone_.  It was about a guy who got into an 
accident, woke up from a long coma, and realized he had possessed psychic 
power.  Early in the film, he helped the local police to solve a serial 
murdering case that lead to a psychotic cop, whose mother was aware of her 
son's crime, and tried to protect him even when her son was exposed.  The 
killing of innocent girls relates quiet well to "cat that takes the birds", 
and "murderur" and "madman" would match very well to the character in the 
film.  Has anyone else seen this film?

                                Eugene Yang
                                University of Califonia, Irvine