After an unspoken tragedy, a man takes his two young girls to a cabin where he attempts to kill them and then himself, but before he can pull the trigger, he is attacked by a dark shadow figure.

The girls were left abandoned in the woods but were never truly alone.

The movie, Mama, begins five years later and the girl’s Uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) never gave up on finding his nieces Victoria (Megan Charpentier) and Lily (Isabelle Nélisse). His search crew finds the girls still alive and walking on all fours like savage animals.

The girls are given over to the custody of their uncle, who you think the story will revolve around, but when Lucas falls into a temporary coma, they are left to his baby fearing girlfriend Annabel (Jessica Chastain). Annabel is the real main character of this story as Lucas is hardly seen.

Victoria, the oldest and only one who didn’t lose her vocabulary after five years in the wild, says that “Mama” kept them alive after all these years.

Mama is seen in glimpses and you instantly know this movie won’t end with everyone actually being in a mental institute. This change of accepting the supernatural was refreshing to see and enjoyable to watch as Mama toyed with Annabel and anyone who came between Mama’s “children”.

While Annabel is growing closer to Victoria and Lily, Mama becomes jealous and the real terror begins. This movie didn’t disappoint to make everyone in the theater jump and scream a few times. The deeper you go into the story the scarier it gets.

Towards the end of the movie, Mama has become a well-known figure that is seen frequently and completely. I would have enjoyed the movie a lot more if Mama stayed more mysterious rather than becoming almost humanized like any other character.

The ending was average. I can’t say I was completely satisfied with it but it was more tolerable. Nothing special but nothing bad.

Overall, Mama was a great movie that I would highly suggest to anyone who enjoys a nice scare.