A great return to true horror - had it not had a $30 million budget...

Rating: 7/10 (27 December 2017)

Let's face it - great horror flicks are hard to come by these days. If you can't pick the killer five minutes in, don't have an exorcism or it's not full of absolute carnage, then Hollywood generally won't touch it. This was a different animal altogether.
Despite having a cast of highly paid all stars, this had the potential to be the stuff of low budget legend and anyone who was around when "Requiem For A Dream" came out will remember than Aronofsky can unsettle an audience to the point of turning away.
Unfortunately though, this constantly felt like Hollywood's version of an independent horror film. There were so many parallels and references to "Rosemary's Baby" it was as if they were trying to reinvent it. That said, the movie is very unnerving and the actors are so good that it is genuinely frightening.
All in all, despite some of the super harsh reviews it's getting on IMDb (probably by people under 21 who don't remember that part of a great classic horror was NOT knowing what was going on from minute one) Mother! is likely to be on the cult favourites list in ten years time.