A mother's love never dies, even if the mother does.

Rating: 6/10 (22 February 2013)

Our story begins with a dodgy banker who is also a father going nuts, who after killing his wife tries to do the same to his little girls but is stopped by an ethereal creature that remains protective of the girls throughout the film.
A great thriller/horror movie, or just another flick? Somewhere in the middle would have been appropriate but sadly the scale leaned much towards the flick side.
Superb cinematography and chilling performances gave Mama a very eerie ambiance throughout its duration and it is a shame that very little was devoted in the way of character development which could have turned it into a great psychological thriller as opposed to horror-ish flick.
When it comes to the supernatural element which was the core of the story, had it been done differently it could have given Mama a whole different gravity. Nonetheless the way the ghost kept appearing, especially in the end and much as the graphics deserve a credit, deprived this film of added points making just a plain jump-from-your-seat kind of movie with no further substance.