Poster of Mama

Mama

Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Director: Andy Muschietti

Release Date: January 18, 2013

Where to Watch

Based on the extremely promising first and middle section, I was expecting an epic adopted seemingly unfit mother battle like the end sequence of Aliens, but in the end, the movie dropped the maternal theme for a quick family denouement that didn’t quite reach the usual bleak melancholic yet happy ending expected with the del Toro stamp of approval. In the end, Mama is a quite traditional horror movie with the image and trappings of a Japanese horror film. Worth matinee price, but waiting for DVD is also an option.

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