The Electric Grandmother

The Electric Grandmother

60 mins | Science Fiction, Family, TV Movie | Jan. 17, 1982

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.

The Electric Grandmother

60 mins | Science Fiction, Family, TV Movie | Jan. 17, 1982

The Electric Grandmother
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Highgate Pictures
Original title The Electric Grandmother
Directors Noel Black
Writers Jeffrey Kindley, Ray Bradbury

Cast

Maureen Stapleton

as Grandmother

Edward Herrmann

as Father

Paul Benedict

as Guido Fantoccini

Tara Kennedy

as Agatha

Charles Fields

as Timothy

Madeleine Sherwood

as Aunt Clara

Truman Gaige

as Old Tom / Narrator

Richard Whiting

as Old Timothy

Dortha Duckworth

as Grandma Neighbor

Paula Trueman

as Old Agatha