Goodnight Mommy

2015 Severin Fiala 1h 40m ★ 6.7
Horror Mystery Thriller
Goodnight Mommy

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.

Cast

Elias Schwarz Elias Schwarz Elias
Lukas Schwarz Lukas Schwarz Lukas
Susanne Wuest Susanne Wuest Mother
Hans Escher Priest
Elfriede Schatz Red Cross Collector #1
Karl Purker Red Cross Collector #2
Georg Deliovsky Pizza Supplier
Christian Steindl Mesner

Vibes

Curious Emotional Heart Pounding Mind Bending Hidden Gem

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Goodnight Mommy

The Babadook
The Babadook 2014
2014: motherhood as horror. Two films about the terror of realizing the person who is supposed to protect you might be the threat. The Others
The Others 2001
Is that really your mother? Two films about children whose protectors become their greatest source of terror.