Goodnight Mommy, a remake of the psychological horror movie from Austria, will soon be available on Prime Video.
The first movie, produced by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz and won five awards at the 2016 Austrian Film Awards, including Best Feature Film and Best Director, received high praise from critics and numerous honours. It was also nominated for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival and won the European Cinematographer Award at the 2015 European Film Awards. With all these remarkable accomplishments, it undoubtedly became a niche movie that generated conversation.
The three companies Amazon Studios, Animal Kingdom, and Playtime collaborated to create the American adaptation, which is led by Matt Sobel and is based on a Kyle Warren scenario. As one of the top actors in the business who can handle these problematic roles, Naomi Watts stars in the movie and serves as executive producer. This is her second appearance in a horror remake. Fiala and Franz work with Watts as executive producers to ensure that their original work is properly represented in this edition.
Goodnight, Mommy. Release date
On September 16, 2022, this horror remake will be made available on Amazon Prime Video, with a global release.
The bar is always set high regarding American remakes of popular foreign films. The rising Crovetti twins, along with the original authors Veronica Franz, Severin Fiala, and Naomi Watts, are probably the only ones who can accomplish it with Goodnight Mommy (or perhaps surpass it). It will be interesting to see if this movie succeeds in reaching a larger audience with this terrible tale.
The cast of Goodnight Mommy
Goodnight Mommy did not cut corners while choosing the actors who make up the cast, even though there are only a few characters in this movie. Although few, their collective trajectory enables one to anticipate encouraging performances.
British actress Naomi Watts, who has acted in renowned films including Ringu’s American remake, The Ring, and is no stranger to the horror genre, stars in the movie (and its sequel). The two-time Academy Award nominee will portray the mother of the twins, who has had a cosmetic operation and has bandages covering her face and head. Watts’ performance will be crucial to the movie, even though we might not be able to see much of her facial expression for the duration.
Watts’ body of work is vital in the suspense and horror genres. Along with The Ring, the actress has appeared in several other movies and television shows, including Down, Shut In, The Wyvern Mystery, Twin Peaks, Lakewood, Infinite Storm, Stay, and Eastern Promises. Additionally, she will participate in the upcoming Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan horror thriller The Watcher on Netflix. Watts has been chosen for the second season of Feud, which Murphy is also directing. Playing the twins are actors Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti (Elias and Lucas, respectively). The Crovettis, despite being young actors, only 14 years old, are already among the most famous youthful faces on television.
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The award-winning HBO series Big Little Lies made them famous for their roles as Josh and Max Wright, Celeste Wright’s (Nicole Kidman) kids. Both actors have continued to work in various programmes and movies. Still, Cameron has gained new notoriety for portraying Ryan Homelander in Prime Video’s must-see series The Boys. Both will be seen in the thriller Boy Kills World and the horror flick Oracle. Fun fact: Lukas and Elias Schwarz, who play the twins in the original Austrian version, are the interpreters for the twins. Therefore it appears that the characters’ names were directly derived from them.
Peter Hermann will portray Father. Hermann is a actor with a considerable television resume. He is most recognised for his roles as Charles Brooks in Younger and Attorney Trevor Langan in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Crystal Lucas-Perry will portray Sandy. In addition to acting and producing, Lucas-Perry costarred with Peter Hermann in the same episode of Law & Order.
Gary will be the last character Jeremy Bobb portrays. In a variety of productions, including Russian Doll, Manhunt, House of Cards, and The Outsider, Bobb made an appearance. Jeremy Bobb had a fleeting appearance in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and his two fellow supporting cast members. It appears that the actors in this movie have a target demographic because of this shared characteristic.
The plot of Goodnight Mommy
The plot of Goodnight Mommy centres on two twins brought to live with their mother, who has just had surgery and has bandages covering her face. The boys believe she is a fraud impersonating their true mother after a string of odd behaviours on her part and their inability to see her face. The twins decide to put her to the test to learn more about her, which causes a surge of paranoia, violence, and dread.
This psychological horror picture doesn’t skip a chance to unsettle the viewer in its original form. It may captivate the viewer with a disturbing atmosphere and unsettling moments, even with its generally slow pace. No less is therefore from the 2022 remake.
Trailer
On August 24, 2022, Amazon Studios released the Goodnight Mommy trailer. The movie’s American remake will reportedly stay true to the original Austrian picture, according to the trailer. In the clip, tension builds as twin boys Elias and Lukas question whether or not their mother is their mother when they find her face bandaged after surgery when they return home following a house fire.
FAQ
Is Goodnight Mommy frightening?
The low-budget horror film “Ich seh, ich seh,” also known as “Goodnight Mommy,” is unsettling and frightful. With Elias’s brutality toward his mother, the violence evokes Michael Haneke’s “Funny Games” (1997 film).
In Goodnight Mommy, who is the woman?
The official trailer for Matt Sobel’s film “Goodnight Mommy” features Naomi Watts as a disturbing mother with bandages covering her face.
What happens in “Goodnight Mommy”?
After their mother’s reconstructive surgery, twin boys who do everything together, from collecting beetles to feeding stray animals, welcome her home. But they start to wonder who she is because of the bandages covering her face and her aloof behaviour.
Is the mother in Goodnight Mommy the actual one?
Their captor reveals that while she is their mother, Elias is insane due to his brother Lukas’ passing. Lukas was the result of a coping method, and only Elias could see him. Therefore she hasn’t been ignoring one of her kids.
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