The Zero Dark Thirty star's last stop before the Oscars is the horror genre. Now everyone really will know her name

Jessica Chastain stars in an elegantly made little horror film from executive producer Guillermo del Toro and first-time director Andy Muschietti.

Review: 'Mama' is a witch's brew of frights and faults

First-time director Andres Muschietti's Mama follows familiar fright-film guidelines, but the dedication of its lead actress and its somber, chilly tone make...

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Mama has been dead for 125 years, so she’s missed the latest developments in parenting. For instance, since old-timey days it’s been frowned upon to levi...

“Mama” is a horror ghost story that offers pictorial beauty, an atmosphere throbbing with dread and actors so good that you don’t want anyone to take a...

Guillermo del Toro is the Mexican-born king of Spanish horror films that often inspire more than they satisfy. When he isn’t directing stylish tales of the...

Presented by Guillermo del Toro, and stemming from an effectively shocking three-minute short, "Mama" squanders the potential inherent in its premise.

Andy Muschietti's psychological monster movie MAMA features mothers, moths and myths - all seemingly thrown together by someone on meths.

Mama follows an unfortunate recent pattern that has emerged in low-budget horror films, especially those with PG-13 ratings. It starts out strongly, using ev...

Very few horror movies would last past the second act if the characters in these films were actually fans of horror movies.

Feel-good sensationalism isn’t always charming, but if you focus on what works in Article 20, you might enjoy yourself anyway.

“Mama” breaks a lot of horror movie rules, right off the proverbial bat. It gives us a long back-story opening, and brings up much more back story as the...

You know something is up when what looks like a cheapie fright flick is produced by Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) and boasts an Oscar-nominated actr...

The film comes with the blessing of Guillermo del Toro, who jumped on the film over seeing a related You Tube short.

This debut features a creepy antagonist, but its reliance on horror clichés undercuts its cinematic pretensions

Starring Jessica Chastain, Mama reminds how and why good horror flicks work so well.