Goodnight Mommy

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Goodnight Mommy is an Austrian psychological horror written and directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. It was picked as Austria’s submission for the Best Foreign Film category at the upcoming Academy Awards. The film stars Susanne Wuest and twins Lukas & Elias Schwarz.

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. What ensues is a terrifying observational struggle with fatal consequences on par with THE SHINING and DEAD RINGERS.

The co-directors have stated that they mean for their film to be both a horror film and a auteur film. “We love physical cinema – cinema that overpowers you. But at the same time, with our story, we are trying to ask questions that for us are existential; questions that deal with life’s realities, questions about education and the balance of power between families, identity and above all about the monster within. We wanted to make a film that says something about our lives — and that at the same time chills us to the bone.”

Goodnight Mommy is rated 14A.