a lot of jump scene's and it looked great except for the ending

Rating: 7/10 (21 April 2013)

Mama was the revelation of the film festival in Brussels. Everybody was screaming towards the screen and it even went so far that newspapers in Belgium were talking about THE horror flick to watch. So I did and I must say that I had mixed feelings about the flick.
I don't have any problem with Guillermo del Toro. I liked his flick Pan's labyrinth (2006) and I even could dig his remake of Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (2010). But there lays the problem for horror buffs. There's always something fairy tale attached to his creatures. Just look at Don't Be Afraid...The monsters did look scary but they were full CGI and they could come straight out of a Disney flick or Lord Off The Rings or The Hobbit. I think you know what I mean.
Here the creature does look scary, even as it is done CGI, and the flick do has a lot of jump scene's that really worked. I even liked the story because the acting by the two children in the beginning in the cabin (after 5 years) was amazing. You just can't see what is coming and I sometimes even had the feeling that I was watching one of those Japanese ghost horror stories, you know, with the hair coming out of the wall or ceiling. We do have a bit of that too.
I know that Del Toro was executive producer but that means that he delivers the money so his influence in the way it was made is clearly to spot.
I was thinking, yes I can understand the hype but once everything comes clear about the mama ghost and the child it slowly turns in a bit of pathetic flick. For me the ending was a let down. I won't go into that part because a lot is already said about the ending.
If you like horror flicks with a lot of jump scene's than this is surely your thing and somehow I enjoyed it too. It even became creepy at moments but the ending. You will love it or hate it. But watch it especially for Megan Charpentier (the red queen in the last Resident Evil) and Isabelle Nélisse as Victoria and Lilly.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 4/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5