When Mom may not be Mom
“Goodnight Mommy” is a hair-raising thriller about nine-year-old identical twins Lukas and Elias, who live in an isolated home deep in the Austrian countryside. As the film opens, they are awaiting the return of their mother from the hospital. When she comes home with her face obscured by bandages, nothing is like it was before. Her behavior is strange and she seems constantly mean. Before long, the boys start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.<br /><br />Directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala summon a steady sense of dread and keep the viewer guessing. Because the house is miles away from any possibility of help, the young boys must deal with their escalating horror entirely by themselves. Who would believe the claims of two nine-year-olds that their mother is not their mother? Reminiscent of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” without the science fiction slant, “Goodnight Mommy” bases its horror on those closest to us becoming cold and distant. It’s a fear children may have but adults can identify with, as well.<br /><br />Making the protagonists a pair of kids heightens the tension. We tend to be more concerned for children in peril in movies than adults. The twins are not cut from the mold of typically dim horror flick characters who exist only to follow every cliche and wind up brutally slaughtered. Their suspicions mount because the behavior of the woman who calls herself their mother is so far from what they recognize. Their reactions are not contrived or neatly convenient; we see them behave and react to a situation that first puzzles, then upsets, then terrifies them. Their growing apprehension and dread occur believably.<br /><br />The only special feature on the widescreen Blu-ray release is a conversation with the directors.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : In the heat of the summer. A lonesome house in the countryside between woods and corn fields. Nine-year-old twin brothers are waiting for their mother. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before. The children start to doubt that this woman is actually their mother. It emerges an existential struggle for identity and fundamental trust..