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Goodnight Mommy

2015 · 100 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into grief and paranoia, with unsettling imagery and a devastating reveal that lingers.

Directed by
Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Elias Schwarz, Lukas Schwarz, Susanne Wuest
Tagline
A mother should look out for her sons.
Overview
In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

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Directed by
Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Elias Schwarz, Lukas Schwarz, Susanne Wuest
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
  • madness
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension9
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
horror, mystery, thriller
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Languages
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