Daily Movie Rec 5/16/2023
Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022)
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"When you become a mother, you feel like you are split in two."
Directed by: Michelle Garza Cervera
Cinematography by: Nur Rubio Sherwell
Plot:
An expecting mother believes a malevolent entity is hunting her and her family.
Reasons to watch:
The fear of the abject mother - whether becoming one or having one - has been a part of horror since its inception, and Michelle Garza Cerveira carries the self-immolating torch with visceral efficiency in this Mexican body horror film (that feels deeply indebted to J-horror), mixing anxieties about monstrous motherhood with those surrounding ill-fitting domesticity and the bone-snapping contortions required to conform.
Shudder
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