Particularly how there's even a certain innocence about what the twins are doing. As far as psychological horror goes, this might be one of the best I've seen in a fairly long time.
The fact of the matter is that the twist makes the film even more disturbing and dark than it already is leading up to it. It all fits within the context of the story the film is telling. You could say that there is a twist, but, when you look at the film and you actually inspect the clues that were right there in the open, it makes perfect sense. Let's just say that this isn't as straightforward a film as it appears to be. You are never quite sure where they are heading and that makes the film a little more harrowing to experience.
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Another thing I like about the movie is the fact that the movie keeps you guessing right up until the very end. It also appears as if they haven't seen the film, which might be for the best. Eventually a script was written, but, according to Susanne Wuest, the mother, the kids playing Elias and Lukas, also named that in real life, never read it. Yet the film maintains a focus and narrative strength that makes it come across like it was as tightly-scripted as humanly possible, where every shot has a meaning, every line has a purpose and no motion is wasted. One of the things that is most impressive about this film is the fact that a large part of the film, and its horror, was improvised. I don't even know where I could even begin that would be an adequate point to start off this review.
This isn't a bad horror movie, its just not what its advertised to be.To say that this movie is all kinds of fucked up would be the understatement of the year. Considering its a movie coming from debutantes, Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz, its a commendable effort indeed. Goodnight Mommy revels in its atmospheric dread and a certain mystique that runs almost till the end. This movie deserves to be watched in patience and taken in with a pinch of salt. Goodnight Mommy will shock you, disgust you and rattle you at times, but it wont scare you much. You will be left with questions that's not pleasing to ponder through. Its a common horror trope to make the ending ambiguous and while works out well for commercial horror movies, the same just didn't work out here. Towards the end or possibly much earlier than that, you'll be able to figure out where its headed and it doesn't help that the ending was equivocal. Pure horror fans will be disappointed here as there are a lot less scares compared to other movies. And as they say "Don't judge a book by its cover", the same applies here. Call it brilliant marketing, the trailer beckons you to label this as a horror masterpiece. While the trailer boasts like it could be the next best thing in horror genre it isn't so. The weaker points here are the story and the ending. The Twins' performance were natural and as naive and, may I say, 'mischievous' as any 9 old's could get while Susanne West's almost covered face could emote more than you can ever imagine. The leads were terrific, be it the Elias & Lucas Schwarz Twins or the Susanne West's The Mother. Halfway through you'll be questioning the events happening in the movie at the same time your mind will be stern on what it has already grasped in the first half. It isn't brain teasing but it all ends when 'the hunter becomes the hunted' (I wont spoil that implication). From the first scene itself you'll find yourself piecing the plot together like a jigsaw puzzle. The plot is paper thin but ain't much straightforward.
A look at the initial scenes with a house in the middle of nowhere and two 9 year old twins playing would make you think that there's something very off about everything that follows. Along with its 3 leads, its eerily disturbing locales had a life of its own and contributes a lot to the unnerving factor of the movie. Goodnight Mommy counts on being more atmospheric than in-your-face. Rushing through the movie like any horror movie wouldn't do justice and you wouldn't get the gist of it. From the get go you'll know that Goodnight Mommy isn't your average horror movie. Had Sundance's The Witch trailer not released earlier this week I would still have stuck to Goodnight Mommy's disturbing trailer. 'Creepy' was slapped all over the trailer and the fact that it was more an art-house movie than a commercial movie, intrigued me more. Hailed as one of the creepiest trailers this season, it had turned enough heads with its visuals and characters alike. Ich seh, Ich seh aka Goodnight Mommy's previews were all over the internet a few weeks back.
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