I may not care much for their script, but writers/directors of the film Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala definitely have an eye for filmmaking. I don’t understand these people, but I’ll discuss its merits and flaws outside of that particular problem, and you can decide for yourself whether seeing really, really terrible things happen to people is your idea of a good time.
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I found the violence gratuitous and unnecessary, but others I’ve spoken to about the movie found it compelling and felt that it added to their experience of the film. While this killed my enjoyment of the movie, the ability to tolerate violence is a matter of personal taste. It also completely killed the horror factor, because the violence was already so upsetting it was beyond my imagination, which left me nothing to be afraid of. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOĪpparently it also wasn’t for ME, because while I had really enjoyed the film so far, the scenes of violence were way too much for me. If you’re a person who doesn’t like extreme violence in your horror movies, let’s be very, very clear: THIS IS NOT FOR YOU, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU, THIS IS NOT. There were a couple of moments during the last third of this film that had the entire audience in the theatre groaning in disgust. None of the spoiler-free reviews warned me about the content of this film, so in the interest of saving squeamish people the trouble of watching something they won’t like, let’s be clear: WHEN THE RATING BOARD SAYS “DISTURBING VIOLENCE”, THEY MEAN IT. This movie is rated R for “disturbing violence and some nudity”, and I had not given the ‘disturbing violence’ statement nearly enough credit. Finally, it culminates in what I will for lack of a better word term an action scene which lasts for the entire final third of the film. These events occur with a magnificent sense of pacing, letting you relax before you’re delivered another reminder that things are not right in this house. This feeling slowly erodes as strange things start happening, one after another, each more extreme than the last. Even when their mother ( Susanne Wuest) comes home, they play games with her and seem to be happy. What grade school teacher commissioned this art project? It’s all nice and happy until they pull out the monster masks, anyway. Frankly, it looks like an amazing house to grow up in. It’s filmed in a beautiful idyllic countryside setting, and everything is bright and happy. We’re introduced to twins Elias and Lukas ( Elias and Lukas Schwarz) by watching them run around and play in the woods by their new home. Actually, I think the front half of this movie is the best part of it.
You’d think that by saying that very little happens for the first half of this film, I was telling you that it was boring. It’s such a simple story that you might be able to guess some plot details if you read the review, but I won’t be explicit about any details. I’m going to be honest, that plot summary covers a grand portion of the action of the film, so there’s not a lot more that I can summarize without massive spoilers, and because this film is still very new (it came out in September) I don’t think that’s fair to do. The boys start to get suspicious that something has happened to the mother - and the woman who came home may be an impostor. She’s impatient, demands the blinds be closed and the boys play in silence all day.
Their mother’s bandaged face is as disturbing to the boys as the apparent change in her behavior.
Goodnight, Mommy (AKA Ich Seh Ich Seh - or “I see, I see”) is an Austrian film about a pair of twins whose mother returns from the hospital after undergoing plastic surgery. Pick the scariest movie.” I thought to myself, as I chose to go to the latter. There were two options in my local theatres this week, and those options were Crimson Peak, which appealed to my Tom Hiddleston fangirl sensibilities, and Goodnight, Mommy, which was well reviewed and supposed to be really, really scary. Emotions get even more intense when you’re in a crowded theatre, and I had to see how that influenced the spooky factor. It’s not quite the same experience when you’re in the comfort of your own home, even if you’re sitting in a dark room with distractions put away. I really wanted to find an opportunity to watch a horror movie in the theatre. Every Saturday I review another horror movie - whether it’s a classic or new film, if I’m told they’re worth seeing, I’ll watch them all! Welcome to the third installment of A Crash Course in Horror, a weekly horror movie review from the perspective of a horror movie newbie.
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