Empathetic Fear

Rating: 9/10 (18 January 2013)

Guillermo has a successful way of giving you only the most important plot details, allowing your mind to construct its own genuine fear. In the movie "Mama," Del Toro, unlike many other modern horror directors, effectively generates fear and suspense while also inducing true empathy. The movie 'Mama' entrances you and brings you back to a true adolescent sense of fear, which bends your adult perception of reality. Mama was an EXCELLENT movie but (in my opinion) suffered from the same disease as many other big budget films-- overuse of CGI. Guillermo, we love your movies for inducing primal fear; please don't take away our capacity to use our imagination.