Goodnight Mommy (2014) (original) (raw)

In the heat of the summer, a lonesome house in the countryside between woods and corn fields, lives nine-year-old twin brothers who are waiting for their mother. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before. The children start to doubt that this woman is actually their mother.

Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Writers: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Starring: Susanne Wuest, Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz
Producers: Louis Oellerer, Ulrich Seidl

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Review by Brian Orndorf, October 8, 2015

8 / 10

�Goodnight Mommy� arrives in the tradition of punishing Euro horror, where discomfort is king and torment is the battery that powers the production. Although it�s not as raw as pictures such as �Dogtooth� or �Nothing Bad Can Happen,� �Goodnight Mommy� has more than its share of skin-crawling moments, even while it mostly avoids overt terror scenarios. Writer/directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala have pieced together a riveting nightmare, using charmingly unraveled performances and sharp cinematographic style to construct a downward slide into madness. The feature is tricky and requires so ...read more...

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