2021 · horror · mystery
Madres
Directed by Ryan Zaragoza1h 23m2021
A Mexican-American couple expecting their first child relocate to a migrant farming community in 1970's California. When the wife begins to experience strange symptoms and terrifying visions, she tries to determine if it's related to a legendary curse or something more nefarious.
Our read: Madres (2021) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- cold
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