Great story, but lacking proper scare moments...

Rating: 6/10 (19 July 2013)

While I didn't find "Mama" to be a particularly scary movie, it was a rather nice story and quite well told. The story in the movie was quite interesting and well constructed.
The storyline, with few words, is about two young girls who are stranded in the woods, and are found five years later, where they have to live with their uncle and his girlfriend. However, the girls brought an entity with them back from the woods, and Mama is a vengeful, jealous spirit.
As much as the movie missed a profound element to make it a movie that will raise the hair on the back of your neck and scare you out of the seat, "Mama" does work out quite well. It builds up a good sense of thrill and dread, by the work of the bizarre story and the way it is shot.
The effects in the movie were quite good, and worked right to the point. The CGI effects to portray Mama was rather interesting, making her seem human, yet dark, twisted and inhuman at the same time. Without these CGI effects, the movie would have been rather dull.
I had initially expected the movie to be more scary, as I had heard a lot about it. That being said, I am not disappointed or anything, the movie just turned out to be something else than I had thought it to be.
The ending was one of the better parts, as it is not your typical sunshine Hollywood ending. I am not going to reveal anything about the ending, but trust me, it is an ending well worth seeing and a great twist to an otherwise very interesting story.