MAMA

We haven't seen a horror movie in ages and since we weren't that excited about seeing anything else at the theaters we picked this one because of the director, Guillermo del Toro. He directed the first Hellboy (wonderfully inventive and creative) and the fantastical Pan's Labyrinth. However, both of us were disappointed. I gave it a 6 and Bill a 7.

Am i becoming jaded or what? but i wasn't scared; not even edge of my seat tense. the acting was good (Jessica Chastain played Annabelle and her boyfriend was acted by Jamie from Game of Thrones.) and i loved the 2 girls in the movie. and the photography excellently captured creepiness but all these parts just didn't translate into captivatingly spooky.

The story was simple and silly. 2 girls are kidnapped by their dad who has just murdered a couple of people. He drives them to a remote cabin deep in the wilderness. Just as he's about to kill his daughters and then commit suicide; a malevolent black swirly thing takes him away. The girls live by themselves in this cabin for 5 years so are pretty feral when they are finally found.

And the rest of the movie is about the crazy woman  in the 1800's who had her baby taken away from her and this resulted in a decades long search for that child. and for some reason this nut case decides that the 2 girls are hers and they can see her and call her mama. and mama is jealous of Annabelle who is taking care of them (being the girlfriend of the man whose brother is the dad who got spirited away. and this brother is now in a coma because of mama so Annabelle who is in a rock band and doesn't keep a neat house is the sole care-taker of these girls.)

and then there's the psychiatrist who is attempting to find out who mama is and also, the aunt who really wants custody and --- shall i go on? I think NOT.