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By Dan Schindel (235) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 10 Sep 2015

in execution, Goodnight Mommy...fails to cohere as a narrative or deeply resonate as horror…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 10 Sep 2015

An intelligently staged and executed creepfest that takes one of the most universally compelling of notions — the unbreakable bond that exists…

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By Gregory Wakeman (182) for CinemaBlend (829) on 09 Sep 2015

One of the year's best and most psychologically disturbing horror films…

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By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 09 Sep 2015

Beginning with a gentle lullaby and ending with a tightly packed wallop, Goodnight Mommy is one viscerally chilling, seriously unsettling horror film…

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By Charles Ealy (164) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 09 Sep 2015

There's no doubt that many horror fans will delight in this artfully shot movie, thanks to cinematographer Martin Gschlacht…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Film Racket (579) on 09 Sep 2015

Franz and Fiala expertly shift audience perceptions even as they raise the stakes, with some seriously uncomfortable, hard-to-watch sequences…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 09 Sep 2015

An unnerving descent into the extreme, anxious corners of a mother’s relationship to and comprehension of her 9-year-old twin sons – and…

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By Rebecca Pahle (171) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 09 Sep 2015

Vastly smarter--and more terrifying--than most of the low-budget horror films (sequels and prequels and spinoffs…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for NPR (1,713) on 09 Sep 2015

Like professional conjurers, writer-directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala are masters of diversion…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 07 Sep 2015

Goodnight Mommy is a rare horror film that delivers exactly what you'd hope - go into this one blind, and you'll ensure maximum appreciation…

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By Joe Mcgovern (126) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 02 Sep 2015

Goodnight Mommy, a brilliantly sinister horror film in the recent art-house mold of The Babadook and It Follows, has a premise that cracks…

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By Rob Hunter (276) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 04 Aug 2015

Holds your attention hostage even as the urge to look away from the terror grows within you…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 11 Jul 2015

It's a resonant, atmospheric horror film that treats its genre and its audience with unusual respect, before escalating in its last moments…

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By Meredith Borders (105) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 10 May 2015

Few films craft an atmosphere of suspense as deftly as GOODNIGHT MOMMY. This movie will make you extraordinarily nervous…

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By Chris Cabin (484) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 Mar 2015

In the third act, the film devolves into an extremely unsettling series of sadistic tortures, the kind of stuff that would appeal largely to…

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By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for The Robot's Voice (149) on 19 Nov 2014

Honestly, without the festival hype, this would probably be a quickly forgotten number, a low-key bit of horror with a gimmick, that just happens…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for CraveOnline (813) on 24 Sep 2014

Writer/directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz draw out the discomfort and suspense with plenty of moments that make you squirm…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 10 Sep 2014

This elegantly nasty little potboiler should satisfy those brave enough to brave it…

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By David Rooney (943) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 07 Sep 2014

The story's acceleration from anxiety to panic to hellish chaos is expertly managed, but more impressively, so is the control of internal narrative…

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