Latest Blumhouse effort is co-written and directed by Tate 'The Help' Taylor.
Octavia Spencer - Sue Ann/Ma
Diana Silvers - Maggie
Juliette Lewis - Erica
McKaley Miller - Haley
Corey Fogelmanis - Andy
Gianni Paolo - Chaz
Dante Brown - Darell
Tanyell Waivers - Genie
Luke Evans - Ben
Summary
After father trades in her mother Erica for a younger model, Maggie and Erica move back to Ohio.
Mags and new friends persuade a random woman to buy them alcohol, soon revealed to be veterinarian Sue Ann.
It's not long before teenagers party in her basement, where host is christened 'Ma'.
Teenagers have a kick ass time, but Ma's relentless stalking begins to grate on them.
As Ma's behaviour grows increasingly more erratic and aggressive, what started as fun, becomes a fight for survival.
Waste
Apart from Octavia Spencer (who's brilliant by the way), this was terrible.
Predictable and preposterous, plot has no plan B and banality is set to repeat.
Ma quickly lays down the law.
1. No taking the Lord's name in vain.
2. No spitting.
3. No going upstairs.
As lazy script does jack shit with house rules, what's the fucking point?
Seemingly out of desperation, final 20 minutes or so suddenly becomes mild torture porn.
We expected Ma to do some super fucked up shit, but ironing chest and sewing Haley's mouth while still unconscious is as extreme as it gets.
Mags literally stabs Ma in the back to save Genie.
I imagine that would be extremely painful, right?
Apparently not, as Ma shrugs off injury like it never happened.
What a load of BULLSHIT.
Let's look at some parallels.
Misery
Ma...
Returning home to find ornaments moved;
Holding Genie prisoner and forcing her to take meds;
Tying Ben to a bed and torturing him; and
Gunning down cop when rumbled.
Yes, all recognisable from Rob Reiner's classic.
The Shining
Novel
Erica and Mags live at 217.
Stephen King and his wife stayed in the same room number at The Stanley Hotel in 1974, serving as the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel.
Coincidence?
Film
Carpet pattern in Ma's basement is similar to the Overlook and more clear cut, is opening shot of car following winding road.
Mixing things up, time for a VERY strange rip off.
Fatal Attraction
Mags comes home to find Ma exchanging pleasantries with Erica. Despite awkward atmosphere, they pretend not to know each other.
Circumstances may be different, but scene is identical in principle to when 'Alex Comes Over'.
What the actual fuck?
Octavia Spencer - Sue Ann/Ma
Diana Silvers - Maggie
Juliette Lewis - Erica
McKaley Miller - Haley
Corey Fogelmanis - Andy
Gianni Paolo - Chaz
Dante Brown - Darell
Tanyell Waivers - Genie
Luke Evans - Ben
Summary
After father trades in her mother Erica for a younger model, Maggie and Erica move back to Ohio.
Mags and new friends persuade a random woman to buy them alcohol, soon revealed to be veterinarian Sue Ann.
It's not long before teenagers party in her basement, where host is christened 'Ma'.
Teenagers have a kick ass time, but Ma's relentless stalking begins to grate on them.
As Ma's behaviour grows increasingly more erratic and aggressive, what started as fun, becomes a fight for survival.
Waste
Apart from Octavia Spencer (who's brilliant by the way), this was terrible.
Predictable and preposterous, plot has no plan B and banality is set to repeat.
Ma quickly lays down the law.
1. No taking the Lord's name in vain.
2. No spitting.
3. No going upstairs.
As lazy script does jack shit with house rules, what's the fucking point?
Seemingly out of desperation, final 20 minutes or so suddenly becomes mild torture porn.
We expected Ma to do some super fucked up shit, but ironing chest and sewing Haley's mouth while still unconscious is as extreme as it gets.
Mags literally stabs Ma in the back to save Genie.
I imagine that would be extremely painful, right?
Apparently not, as Ma shrugs off injury like it never happened.
What a load of BULLSHIT.
Let's look at some parallels.
Misery
Ma...
Returning home to find ornaments moved;
Holding Genie prisoner and forcing her to take meds;
Tying Ben to a bed and torturing him; and
Gunning down cop when rumbled.
Yes, all recognisable from Rob Reiner's classic.
The Shining
Novel
Erica and Mags live at 217.
Stephen King and his wife stayed in the same room number at The Stanley Hotel in 1974, serving as the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel.
Coincidence?
Film
Carpet pattern in Ma's basement is similar to the Overlook and more clear cut, is opening shot of car following winding road.
Mixing things up, time for a VERY strange rip off.
Fatal Attraction
Mags comes home to find Ma exchanging pleasantries with Erica. Despite awkward atmosphere, they pretend not to know each other.
Circumstances may be different, but scene is identical in principle to when 'Alex Comes Over'.
What the actual fuck?
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