MAMA

Love comes in all shapes, sizes, and entities. Okay, so not the typical theme for a horror movie. Except, who says scary movies can not be touching. Mama made its debut in 2013. It was directed by Andy Muschietti. The cast included Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, and Daniel Kash.

The major conflict of this movie was that Mama, the entity of a psychotic woman, has taken to children and claimed them as her own. One morning a father too his two young daughters to a cabin in the woods. As the girls were looking out the window, the father pulled a gun. He planned on killing both his children and then shooting himself. Before he could pull the trigger, he was engulfed in black smoke an disappeared. That was Mama. The two girls were alone in the woods. Or so they thought. Mama took care of them. Kept them as her own. Eventually the children are rescued and sent to live with their uncle. Mama terrorized the family. She did not want anyone taking her little girls away from her. When she was alive she was unhealthy, psychotic woman named Edith. Edith had a physical deformity. Edith escaped out of the asylum, stabbed a nun, and stole the baby she was holding. The audience of the movie now suspects that the baby was hers. Edith runs off with the child. She gets chased into the forest. Edith gets backed into a corner. Her only choice is to jump off a cliff into a lake. On her way down the baby hit a branch and died instantly. Edith survived. Mama claiming those two young girls is her way of getting her baby back.

Identifying the protagonist and antagonist in this movie is a tough one. I believe Mama is both the protagonist and antagonist. To most people it is obvious that she is the antagonist. She is trying t...

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...ull. Same goes for the music. Cheery music in cheery scenes, sad music in sad scenes, and scary music in scary scenes. Wardrobe is another important factor. Annabel wore dark clothes and a lot of dark makeup. From that you understood her punk rocker personality and image. The makeup in the movie was amazing. I had no idea Mama was played by a man. They were able to make this man fully look like a woman. A deformed one none the less, but still a woman.

So, overall I thought it was a good movie even though it left some unanswered questions. I like that it was not predictable. I always find that horror movies are predictable. Like if she goes in the basement she is going to die. Mama was a movie of mystery, a movie you had to try to figure out as you go along. It was one big puzzle. If you enjoy movies like that I would recommend Dream House or The Cabin in the Woods.