You Are Not My Mother Horror House Review

 

I was flicking through the various movie streaming services I pay for looking for something horror related but a little bit different, I put the trailer on for this film and instantly decided that this was something I needed to see.

The film starts with a baby in a stroller. A woman takes this baby into the woods and places her in a circle and then starts a fire around it. The movie then shifts into the present day. A teenager called Char has overslept and asks her grandma for a ride to school as she is going to be late but her grandmother says that she cannot do it because her legs hurt too much. Char’s Grandma suggests that she goes and asks her mother to see if she can take her.

This drive to school is awkward with Char first asking her mother how she is before asking if she can go to the store after dropping her off to get some food as there is nothing in the house. The mother Angela says she is tired but, in all honesty, she seems like she is worn out and barely holding on. Given the title of the film this made me instantly start to wonder if there was a problem with Char. Was this girl some kind of demon spawn was that why we had seen her placed in a circle of fire at the start was this an attempt to get rid of her, and is the mother tired and mentally worn down because this demon child was somehow draining her?

Following Char to school we find out that she is a real outsider, she has no friends and is being bullied by a large group of girls but it gets even worse for her after school, when she is walking home, she sees her mother's car left abandoned. Later that night her mother returns home. She isn't acting how she normally does though.

I can’t really say much more about this film without spoiling it, for me it is one of those films where you need to be pulled along and kept guessing to truly get the most from it. If you are anything like me then you will question the situation is this a film about mental health or the supernatural? I enjoyed the film but if your into action based horror this is not going to be your thing it’s a slower more thought provoking piece if you want to see buckets of blood this is not the film for you, if you want to watch a very talented actress play a woman who is either possessed or very mentally ill while you try to weigh up all the options in your mind then you will love this film Carolyn Bracken deserves series credit for making this film what it is and being scary as hell. I would give it 6 out of 10, its worth a watch but its not a classic that you will find yourself returning to again and again.