‘Goodnight Mommy’, the twisted psychological horror film that will make you doubt your mother

In 2014, Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz released “Sweet Dreams, Mom”, an Austrian thriller that captured the attention of the public for its disturbing and uncomfortable atmosphere. This year, Matt Sobel brings the remake of ‘Goodnight, Mommy’, the psychological horror film starring Naomi Watts that promises to overcome what has already sparked much controversy in its first year in all respects.

It is not the first time that Naomi Watts has participated in a remake of a horror film, she has already done so in the past with Michael Haneke’s ‘Funny Games’ and the American version of ‘The Ring’. She now she specializes even more in ‘Goodnight Mom’, a horror movie coming to Amazon Prime Video for all subscribers to the streaming platform.

It is worth mentioning that this remake came with high expectations behind it, as the original version of ‘Goodnight Mom’ is one of the best horror movies of the last decade, and for many among the first of all time. According to Variety, Amazon Studios bought the rights with the intention of making a much scarier version of the original.

For this occasion, Naomi Watts acts ‘Goodnight Mom’, and gives birth to a mother of two children, played by brothers Nicholas and Cameron Crovetti, the latter famous for appearing in’ The Boys’. Both in the original version and in the remake, the story follows twins who receive their mother, who, after the surgery, has her face covered in bandages.

Did “Goodnight Mommy” beat the original movie?

Sure, the remake has some differences in the story, however, it’s important to experience them firsthand, whether you’ve seen the original horror movie “Goodnight Mommy” or you’re about to see this storyline for the first time, as there are some. some equally surprising and disturbing twists, which give the film a little more meaning and realism.

It is worth mentioning that “Goodnight Mommy” is not a horror film about paranormal or ghostly phenomena, but is based on reality and a story that could very well happen. As the paranoia of the little ones, suspecting that the person behind the bandages is not their mother, grows more and more, until the final part of the film, which will generate many doubts in the viewer.

According to its director, the changes in the new version of “Goodnight Mommy” were made, since, in the original film, it was the surprise of the story that made it terrifying and if they wanted to generate the same feeling, they would have to make some changes so that never felt the same again.