Ma

2019 suspense

Rating: 8/20

Plot: After buying some liquor for some teenagers, a woman invites them to her basement to party and then becomes a little obsessed with them.

This is silly enough to be classified as a suspense-comedy but it never fully commits to that. There's humor, mostly because I think Octavia Spencer is self-aware enough to understand the dark humor in her character, but the makers of this thing seem preoccupied with jump-scaring the audience and having these dumb characters lead us into situations where jump-scares might happen. By the end, it implodes.

Diana Silvers is in two movies that are out right now--this and Booksmart. This movie also reminded me of the existence of Juliette Lewis. I can't remember the last time I saw her in a movie.