A generically conceived horror thriller distinguished only by its belief that more hysteria equals a more frightening movie.
Mara
United Kingdom · 2018
Rated R · 1h 40m
Director Clive Tonge
Starring Olga Kurylenko, Javier Botet, Mitch Eakins, Lance E. Nichols
Genre Crime, Horror, Thriller
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A man is murdered in the middle of the night by his wife and the only witness is their eight year old daughter. Assigned to the investigation, Kate Fuller is confused when the wife claims a demon killed her husband during sleep paralysis. Looking further into it, Kate starts to experience symptoms of this haunting herself.
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What are critics saying?
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
It's a reasonable premise for a horror film, but the execution is remarkably lackluster. The pacing is sluggish to such a point that viewers may quickly fear that they too will fall asleep and meet Mara themselves.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
A poky thriller that — eventually — delivers some decent scares.
When you slow everything to sleepwalk pacing, you deflate the frights and strip away the urgency that we and the characters should feel, the sense that something terrible is coming, that time is running out.
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