I Finally Watched the 2019 Horror Movie Ma and It's Crazier Than Expected

I love a silly horror movie, especially when it embraces the absurd. That’s why some of my favorite movies are also best horror comedy movies. I love the fascinating mix of grotesque and cheerful. But sometimes it’s hard to tell whether a horror movie is funny because of our own preference or because of poorly executed decisions. Mother It’s a movie I’ve never watched because I thought it was a horror comedy at first and then learned otherwise. Although some may find this funny, not by the choice of the movie.

Early reviews hinted Mother It’s a simple psychological thriller where some decisions don’t work. He became famous for not trying to be funny but still succeeding. Mother The memes intrigued me, but I waited until 2024 to finally watch it. I’m watching Mother It was a crazier movie experience than I expected. Let me explain.

Warning Ma spoilers ahead. Proceed with caution.

Octavia Spencer Ma is also listening at work. — (Image credit: Blumhouse Productions)

Victim is the Enemy

Nobody prepared me for my mother’s (Octavia Spencer) tragic background. I knew that other teenagers had done something to trigger his mental breakdown, and that was the impetus for his revenge. You can make this assumption just by watching the trailer. But I was expecting something like this CarrieIt’s a terrible prank gone wrong, but it’s not technically criminal. I was expecting an embarrassing, brutal moment, but not to the extreme Mother.

What happened to Sue Ann is sexual assault. She willingly performs oral sex, but is tricked and forced into it. Sue Ann thought she was having sex with her crush, but the students tricked her into participating in the activity with someone else. This is a textbook example of sexual assault.

Mother The subject is not approached in full depth because it is never given the seriousness it deserves. In fact, none of the children who grow into adults seem this remorseful. Erica (Juliette Lewis) apologizes, but it doesn’t seem all that sincere or sincere. Learning about Ma’s past made me sympathize with her. I also wish the movie didn’t make him this completely cartoonish villain. It took away some of Sue Ann’s sympathetic aspects. Also, Ma’s sexual assault nearly left her villain with an understandable motive.

But unfortunately, Sue Ann squanders this sympathy by being too evil. With a talented actress like Octavia Spencer, Mother He could have really made his story more emotionally impactful and gripping. It could have been something else Octavia Spencer’s amazing performance.

Instead, it didn’t feel like it at all Mother I have touched upon the tragedy of this event sufficiently. It seemed more like a plot device rather than trying to say something profound about the trauma.

Gianni Paolo and Diana Silvers look at Octavia Spencer at Ma.

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But It’s Still Crazy That He Takes Care of Kids

No one can deny that a crime happened to Sue Ann. But this does not justify his behavior. After all, she starts a rivalry with the kids, especially Sue Ann’s mother, Maggie (Diana Silvers), who has the least interest in everything that happens to her.

Sue Ann graduates from victim to perpetrator. Although such advances do happen to some of the victims from time to time, the film diminishes his sympathy by having him attack innocent children. Moreover, Mother He tries to support us against Sue Ann and even cheers when Maggie stabs him. I didn’t cheer. I wanted Sue Ann to live and get the help she clearly needed.

Additionally, the fact that he is still after parents makes his attack on children even more suspicious. If he only goes after the children, you can see that this behavior remains true to the “sins of the fathers fall upon the children” ideology, but its impact is less felt because it punishes the youth and the parents.

He seems to want to harm everyone. It would have been more sacred if Sue Ann had only attacked the younger generation and made the parents suffer in this way. Their actions are wrong in both cases, but thematically it makes more sense to just harm children. His fight with the youth MotherThe most disturbing element of.

Corey Fogelmanis and Octavia Spencer kiss in Ma.

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My Mom Was Always Uncomfortable Watching It

Children can sometimes be naive or overly trusting. They can also be stupid. kids inside Mother I feel so stupid because Sue Ann automatically raises red flags. But they ignore them for most of the movie because they like him to buy them alcohol and let them party in his basement. one of them Mother‘s most memorable moment is when he points a gun at Chaz (Gianni Paolo) and makes him undress.

He claims the gun wasn’t loaded and the kids laugh it off. He also touches Andy (Corey Fogelmanis) and Darrell (Dante Brown) inappropriately several times. My mother often gives predator There are vibrations but the kids ignore it. Spencer does a good job with the character because he gives off an unsettling aura from the beginning. Mother You would never support Sue Ann even if you shared her pain. He’s too insufferable to support.

Octavia Spencer pins Tanyell Waivers in Ma.

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I Didn’t Expect Munchausen’s Plot By Proxy

People who know the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard or have seen the show Law I know one of the most famous cases of Munchausen by Proxy; This is a disorder in which a person fabricates and even infects another person under their care. Mother Screenwriter Scott Landes may have been inspired by Gypsy Rose’s story because Sue Ann poisoning her daughter Genie (Tanyell Waivers) to make her sick is very similar to Gypsy’s story; Including the part where Genie tries to stop Ma by helping kill him. he.

I’m just watching Law trailerit is obvious Mother takes some inspiration from this well-known story. Sue Ann is already a pretty evil villain, so she gets even worse by deliberately harming her daughter. It feels like extra plot that isn’t needed, but it helps solidify Ma as a memorable villain.

Diana Silvers looks scared in front of Ma.

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I Found My Mother Torturing Her Ordinary Children With Their Mouth Open

Mother It takes time to kill characters, but then it goes full force. Each murder scene gets more gruesome. There are only two of these, but they are very memorable death scenes. Then the scenes of torture against children become even more disturbing and memorable. Sue Ann burns Chaz’s chest with an iron, paints Darrell white, and sews Haley’s (McKaley Miller) lips shut.

She then kisses Andy before stabbing him. It’s such an extreme and hard thing to watch, especially considering all these actors are playing teenagers and look like them. Mother He truly embraces the philosophy of “do whatever you do and see what happens.” In many ways it’s a respectable decision to go full-throttle with plot and action, but it’s also Mother It’s a strange and painful watch.

Victim is the Enemy

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