Film Review – Goodnight Mommy

“Goodnight Mommy” arrives in the tradition of punishing Euro horror, where discomfort is king and torment is the battery that powers the production. Although it’s not as raw as pictures such as “Dogtooth” or “Nothing Bad Can Happen,” “Goodnight Mommy” has more than its share of skin-crawling moments, even while it mostly avoids overt terror scenarios. Writer/directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala have pieced together a riveting nightmare, using charmingly unraveled performances and sharp cinematographic style to construct a downward slide into madness. The feature is tricky and requires some patience, but the effort eventually settles into a hypnotic rhythm of behavioral disease. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com