Mama

Two little girls, left alone in the woods. No form of contact with anyone, too young to take care of themselves. 

A father shoots several of his co-workers, then his wife and runs away with his daughters before he is left to face the consequences. Driving faster and faster to escape reality, the father loses control of his car and crashes in the woods. No one is hurt in the accident. The father leads his daughters to an abandoned house, where the father contemplates his next move.  Five years on, after extensive searches of the woods trackers are lead to a run down house. The house standing strong appears to be vacant, however, into the house they go hoping for a miracle. Confronted they are by exactly what they were hoping to find and so begins the story of 'Mama.'

The girls begin their lives in the observation room of a hospital and soon make the transition into their family home, with their uncle and his partner. A doctor has taken a major interest in the girls and can't help but feel inclined to understand how the two managed to survive - the condition of which the girls are initially found will impact any audience. As the story progresses, we notice the girls are never really alone. Something or rather someone is watching over them, and does not like how the girls lives are changing. (For me, when children are involved in horror movies it makes the connection that tiny bit stronger) Strange things begin to occur in the home, with the man of the house having an accident, well not exactly an accident, but results with him hospitalised for majority of the movie. 

His partner, a women clearly not ready for motherhood takes the role of the sole guardian for the girls and she begins to notice there is something very strange about the girls. They talk to themselves, play games with themselves and call out "Mama" when there is nobody around. Probably what you would expect when you've been living on your own for five years right? The girls soon reveal they were not alone. They did in fact have "Mama" looking out for them, and, ironically enough, she is still looking out for them - according to the children. The intrigued doctor continues to observe the children and begins to form his own conclusions of what had happened, slowly drawing the "Mama" character created by the children to be a real figure.

I don't want to give too much away, but I really enjoyed this movie - easily one of the best horror movies I've seen in a while. I would rate it 8/10 for it's ability to keep me engaged throughout the entire movie. I was however disappointed in the ending, such a typical end to a horror movie.