Director: Craig David Wallace
Starring: Lora Burke, Tessa Kozma, Kristen MacCulloch
Genres: Suspense, Horror
Language: English
Home invasion narratives
have been increasingly popular in the horror genre over the past two decades,
especially with lower budget releases like Motherly. This is likely
because of the affordability of a film with essentially a single location, and aside
from a few flashback sequences, Motherly takes place entirely in an
isolated farmhouse. While cost-effective, setting a film in one location places
a lot of pressure on the screenplay and performances. Although far from the
worst home invasion film (there are a lot of bad ones), Motherly has a
script with a predictable twist and too much faith in the child acting central to
the narrative.
