The moderately mainstream horror film is also serving for certain directors to put their heads in the Hollywood industry. DC is a good example of how these Genre directors jump to make fantasy blockbusters that often have bold decisions, such as bold colors and lots of humor, with examples being James Wan and David F. Sandberg.
It wasn’t entirely unreasonable to do the same with Andy Muschietti, commissioning him to bring ‘Flash’ to the big screen. The intentions have been quite in line with the other directors mentioned, although the result is more irregular. It is undoubtedly a constant in the career of the Argentine filmmaker, who has already presented two ‘It’ films where one was clearly superior to the other, or in his own debut ‘Mom’.
The mother who gave birth to her
Written and directed by Muschietti based on the short film of the same name that he made with his sister, ‘Mamá’ also came with the approval of Guillermo del Toro, acting as producer/patron of the Latin American filmmaker. Jessica Chastain and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau star in this supernatural film that can be seen streaming on SkyShowtime.
A bassist in a punk band is reluctant to the concept of motherhood despite having been with her partner for a long time, but the whole situation will take an important turn when they have to take care of his nieces, who appear five years after they disappeared after the murder of their mother. His adaptation to civilization after five years living in isolation will not be easy, especially when a mysterious presence is around him.
The best moments of ‘Mama’ show Muschietti as a craftsman with a taste for extravagant decisions, such as the design of the creature and its deployment through technology. It is, yes, more effective when it uses practical details, such as Javier Botet’s particular physiognomy, which provides the necessary skeletal and creepy air.
However, it does not change that we are facing a fairly functional film for most of its run. It doesn’t give much room for boredom, with a round 100 minutes of footage, but It is not a special revolution. Almost everything that works and what doesn’t in his cinema is already present in this debut, which was a powerful success and allowed him to be in the orbit of the studios.
First to make the adaptation of an essential work of the horror genre, then to make a moderately coherent version of ‘Flash’. In both cases, as in ‘Mom’, he manages to be moderately successful, although also questionable.
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