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Goodnight Mommy2015

Name: Goodnight Mommy
Genre: Psychological, Ghosts & Haunting, Splatter & Gore
Released: 2015-01-08
Rating: 6.9

“A mother should look out for her sons.”

Directed by Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz

6.9

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.7Rotten Tomatoes 85%Metacritic 81TMDB 6.7

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Year

2015

Runtime

100 min

Box Office

Revenue (worldwide)

$2,193,474

Domestic

$1,178,196

🏆 23 wins & 36 nominations total

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

Deep in the Austrian countryside, twin boys eagerly await their mother's return from cosmetic surgery — only to find the bandaged, eerily changed woman who walks through the door feels disturbingly wrong to them. What unfolds is a slow-burning battle of wills between children who trust their instincts and an adult whose true nature remains maddeningly ambiguous. Directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala wring unbearable tension from sun-drenched rooms and hushed silences, proving that daylight can be just as suffocating as the dark. This Austrian export is a masterclass in psychological unease that keeps you questioning every character until the final frame.

Content: Graphic Violence, Torture Sequences, Animal Harm, Disturbing Imagery, Body Horror