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Goodnight Mommy

2022 · 92 min

A slow-burn psychological horror that keeps you unsettled and guessing, with a devastating emotional core.

Directed by
Matt Sobel
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Starring
Naomi Watts, Cameron Crovetti, Nicholas Crovetti
Tagline
The darkest family secrets stay under wraps.
Overview
When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Matt Sobel
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Starring
Naomi Watts, Cameron Crovetti, Nicholas Crovetti
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • identity
  • trauma
  • deception
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
horror, thriller, mystery
Directed by
Matt Sobel
Written by
Kyle Warren
Starring
Naomi Watts, Cameron Crovetti, Nicholas Crovetti, Peter Hermann, Jeremy Bobb, Crystal Lucas-Perry
Cinematography
Alexander Dynan
Runtime
92 min
Country
France, United States of America
Languages
English

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