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Mara

2018

Clive Tonge

Olga Kurylenko, Javier Botet, Mitch Eakins, Lance E. Nichols ...

4.0

736

Horror. Thriller Criminal psychologist Kate Fuller is assigned to the murder of a man who has seemingly been strangled in his sleep by his wife and the only witness is their eight-year-old daughter, Sophie. As Kate digs into the mystery of an ancient demon which kills people in their sleep, she experiences the same petrifying symptoms as all previous victims and spirals through a chilling nightmare to save herself and Sophie before she dares fall asleep again. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"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"	NEG
United States	Alix Turner Ready Steady Cut	"[It] may have landed somewhere between annoying and average, but it does feature the most horrible instance of self-inflicted pain I’ve seen in a contemporary film (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"[A] shrill and uninspired horror opus that's louder than it is scary."	NEG
Denmark	Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"If you’re a fan of the sleep horror niche, then Mara is definitely the kind of movie, you should give a chance. Maybe you’ll be pleasantly surprised."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A police psychologist searches for a supernatural perp in this moderate scarer that shows its influences all too plainly (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Rob Hunter Film School Rejects	"You're not dreaming... it's another mediocre sleep paralysis horror movie (...) Mara‘s strongest element, outside of Kurylenko, is the design and presentation of its title character."	NEU
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"A poky thriller that — eventually — delivers some decent scares."	NEU

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