Mara

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Hagrid S Apr 21, 2019 While not perfect this movie had some great creepy moments and was an interesting take on the sleep paralysis/night hag phenomenon. The main issues I had were that at times the film dragged a little and some of the characters were a little bit cliched but overall I enjoyed it and it's well worth a watch. See more

Abraham P Mar 23, 2019 Chilling and suspenseful!

Harry S Mar 3, 2019 A Russian-American psychoanalyst whose mother had a schizophrenic break and a fondness for cheap Asian trinkets pulls a confession from a little girl who says her mother killed her father. The strain of guilt causes the psychoanalyst to pop a blood vessel in her eye, which in turn causes her to hallucinate about an evil Buddhist demon that visits people in their waking sleep. While the premise sounds like it could be something, most of the imagery is sorely devoid of substance, making the movie feel about 20min too long. But hey, at least it has Olga Kurylenko. See more

Hermione R Mar 1, 2019 Sleep paralysis is interesting enough - but this movie uses some worn out ideas to tell the story.

Feb 23, 2019 "Mara" is a somewhat failed attempt at producing a horror flick that appeals to all audiences as a novelty in the genre. Perhaps, as other horror productions, the makers of "Mara" were simply not intent on creating a new generation of films, like "Omen" or "The Exorcist." It succeeds in presenting a few forgettable (light-hearted and risible, to day the least) scenes with the anoraxiac sleep demon terrifyingly groping from behind a torn mosquito net. It offers little in the way of being the "bogeyman" for future generations, but at least it accomplishes one thing: most horror flicks are based on myths. "Mara" is one of those, and (albeit the etymology of the word remains unexplained; cf. nightmare = nightMARA, Fr. cauchemar =caucheMARA), it myth is conflated with the findings of meticulous investigation, according to which, sleep paralysis in human medicine is often deemed as a demonic entity immobilizing the sufferer. Its eclectic style of making a hodge-podge of crime movies, psycho-thrillers, and didactic investigation movies, "Mara" remains a one-night stand: stylish in its exposure of gore, elegant and watcher-friendly as far as its length goes, and the rigor mortis of a few cadavers literally evokes the rigor one experiences before that one-night stand. It's flaccid again, memories are gone, and even the name Mara will not give one the goose flesh if the unsuspecting individual of one's one-night stand of the future happens to be a slightly more obese, hence titillating Mara. See more

Finn L Feb 21, 2019 Sometimes I feel that one of the greatest strengths of the horror genre is its ability to churn out countless horror films made by countless people who all love it. Yet, it can also feel like a very big weakness as well. A lot of those movies are most likely in the middle to the low-end of the quality pile. It's a hard genre to lock down as a lot of the time, they have ideas and themes that are so enticing but in honesty have a low percent of actually being part of a good film. This is what has been on my mind after watching a couple of unknown to me horrors on Netflix like Mara. Sadly, Mara is so bland and lifeless that there is very little to like about it, themes and all. Mara is about Sleep Paralysis and how it is really an ancient demon coming to choke you to death after an indeterminate amount of time. A psychologist tries to stop it, but mostly just bumbles around the plot until the typical new age horror ending happens. I also feel like a broken record even typing this again. Mara, like a lot of dull horrors, nowadays is too long. Seriously. It seems to be an epidemic of horror thrillers that are incapable of telling their story in 90 minutes or less. Now that doesn't mean I don't like a good long, slow burn horror. But the story has to be there for it to work. Mara, like many before it, goes on way too long. The meat and potatoes of this movie are cleaned off the plate by the 70-minute mark, and we are left sitting at the table while Aunt Susan talks about her cats for another 38 minutes before mom and dad allow us to go to our rooms and play. I know this seems like a rant, but I am truly looking forward to the less is more era of horror I hope is coming. Oh, yeah, the rest of my review. Quickly, Mara is dark, dingy and dull. Well not terribly acted, the cast has little to do but make choked faces as they die, or yell at each other about demons and sleeping. This is an easy pass from me. You are better off watching something else. See more

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