as far as horror can get

Rating: 5/10 (2 May 2013)

There were two reasons i watched Mama: The fact that Guillermo del Toro was associated and the main cast. However, del Toro's involvement quickly turned out to be a small scale farce, since he was only one of the producers. So, i was left with the cast and the story.
Jessica Chastain shows again an enviable ability to transform herself. And all Game of Thrones fans will be glad to see Jaime Lanister... i mean Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau, playing two characters.
The atmosphere is dark and the scene that should frighten you will be really frightening. Otherwise we're encountering the the typical story about a curse that has to be broken. Meanwhile, our heroes will be harassed by a ghoul.
I'm no big fan of horror (anymore), so i'd just say that Mama plays in the same league as, say, the Scream franchise or the Ring (both Japanese and US versions). Its significance for the genre might be below them, but it is a good horror movie.