Although made in 2014, the Austrian movie Goodnight Mommy (org: Ich Seh, Ich Seh "I see, I see") is getting a UK release in Sept 2015 and the trailer was recently released. It sets the bar way high and looks like it's going to be one of the scariest creepy horrors of 2015.
Well, my job here is to let you know if it's worth your time and here's the truth. No. It's rubbish.
It's not a horror. The trailer makes it seem as if it is but it's simply not.
The plot boiled down is - a mom comes home from surgery, we think it's reconstructive as it's later hinted that she recently had an accident. Her two boys believe that she is acting different and refuse to believe that she is their mother.
OK, so some spoliers ahead but I'm not ruining anything for you, this movie isn't worth your time.
The twin boys (Elias and Lukas) have a close relationship but the mother refuses to acknowledge or talk to Lukas or make him any food. Why is this? Well it's the "big plot reveal" bit at the end that honestly I guessed as soon as the two were introduced and you probably will too.
What follows is slight suspense as you wonder why the mother is acting strange and you start to think that maybe something is afoot but then all supernatural scenes are quickly revealed to be dreams or imagination, there is no supernatural element to this movie.
Reviews have made out that the violence in the movie is tense and cruel and unbearable. In truth it is minimal and nothing you haven't seen before.
I watched this right to the end, just in case there was anything unexpected that would turn it all round but again, all we got was a plot reveal that was as obvious as anything and then an ending that made me want to throw things at the screen.
Awesome trailer, waste of a film.
2/10 Masks
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