PREVIEW: Goodnight Mommy (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Naomi Watts (21 Grams), Cameron Crovetti (Anywhere with You), Nicholas Crovetti (Witch Hunt), Peter Hermann (Philomena), Jeremy Bobb (Going in Style), Crystal Lucas-Perry (Mimesis Nosferatu)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Matt Sobel (Take Me to the River), director; Kyle Warren (film debut), writer; Joshua Astrachan (Short Term 12), Nicolas Brigaud-Robert (Black for Remembrance), Valéry Guibal (Sunset) and David Kaplan (It Follows), producers; Alex Weston (The Farewell), composer; Alexander Dynan (First Reformed), cinematographer; Maya Maffioli (Rocks) and Michael Taylor (Love Is Strange), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Elias (Cameron Crovetti) and Lucas (Nicolas Crovetti) are twin brothers who arrive home after their mother (Watts) undergoes cosmetic facial surgery, which leaves her head completely bandaged. However, when they notice changes in her personality, the brothers begin to suspect that it might not be their actual mother underneath the bandages…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The shocking Austrian horror hit is remade for English audiences, with Naomi Watts playing the bandaged mother who may or may not be targeted by suspicious, and possibly psychotic, young boys.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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