[Mother of Fears] Mothering in Silence in A Quiet Place (2018)
A Quiet Place (2018) opens 89 days after a race of extremely sound-sensitive creatures show up on Earth, perhaps from an exterritorial source. If you make any noise, even the slightest sound, you’re likely to be pounced upon by these extremely strong and staggeringly fast creatures and suffer a brutal death.
[Mother of Fears] Mother Vs. Monster in Silent Hill (2006)
Mother is God in the eyes of a child, and it seems God has abandoned the town of Silent Hill. Silent Hill is not a place you want to visit.
[Mother of Fears] I Don’t Wanna Be Buried in a Pet Sematary (1989) and (2019)
Both the original Pet Sematary (1989) and its 2019 remake are stories about the way death and grief can affect people in different ways. And while the films centre on Louis Creed and his increasingly terrible decision-making process, there’s no doubt that the story wouldn’t pack the same punch or make the same sense without his wife, Rachel.
[Mother of Fears] How I Love to Love Nadine in The Stand (2020)
The story focuses on a group of survivors after most of the world’s population is wiped out by Captain Trips, a lethal super-flu. And while there are enough horrors to go around in a story like this, the real focus of King’s book is how those who survive react to the changing world around them.
[Mother of Fears] A Certain Hunger in Onibaba (1964)
Set during the mid-fifteenth century, Onibaba (1964) tells the story of two women fighting for survival. Credited only as Older Woman and Younger Woman (or Kichi's Mother and Kichi's Wife) according to IMDB, the story is focussed on the lengths these women will go to survive a war, and yet they’re not even given names, unlike the male characters.
[Mother of Fears] Be Very Afraid of Motherhood in The Fly (1986)
For journalist Veronica Quaife her life changes direction one night in a massive way while attending a Bartok Science Industries party. She’s there to cover the event for Particle magazine, and has a few interviews scheduled with scientists who all think they’ve discovered something which will change the world.
[Mother of Fears] Killing the Cuckoo in Orphan: First Kill (2022)
2022 saw Esther return to our screens with the prequel Orphan: First Kill (2022).
[Mother of Fears] The Search for True Love in Maleficent
Maleficent (2014) may be a live-action Disney movie, but it also has the makings of an ideal gateway horror movie.
[Mother of Fears] Striving for Perfection in M3GAN (2022)
Motherhood isn’t always a choice. And for Gemma, that’s most definitely the case when she suddenly finds herself the sole carer of her young niece Cady in M3GAN (2022)
[Mother of Fears] Parenting Under Pressure in Under the Shadow (2016)
Set in the 1980s, Under the Shadow (2016) follows Shideh, a mother who is trying to find her place in the world. Shideh’s story takes place in post-revolutionary Iran during the War of Cities and sees her not only try to cope with current events but also piece her life back together now that the revolution is over.
[Mother of Fears] Mother of Fear-Escaping a Mother’s Love in Run (2020)
Going away to college can be a difficult time for both parents and children. While both parties are no doubt looking forward to the new-found freedom which will come with the change in circumstances, it also brings a lot of disruption to the status quo of the past eighteen years.
[Mother of Fears] Three Generations of Trauma in Halloween (2018)
One thing that is interesting about the constant reworking of the Halloween (1978) timelines is that we get to see a different side to the characters involved depending on who is at the creative helm for each particular movie.
[Mother of Fears] I Gave You Everything in Mother! (2017)
Mother! (2017) opens with a fire, a world putting itself back together again, and Mother (Jennifer Lawrence) waking up in bed alone. The first thing she does is seek out Him (Javier Bardem), her husband.
[Mother of Fears] A Mother Never Forgives in The Woman in Black (2012)
In the remote village of Crythin Gifford, not everything is as it seems. The quaint location seems like it would be the perfect place to relax and enjoy the peace, but the residents of Crythin Gifford have reason to hold their children extra tightly and shield them from the horrors lurking in this slice of the English countryside…
[Mother of Fears] Be Seen And Not Heard in The People Under the Stairs
For Mommy in The People Under the Stairs, that means stealing children from the neighbourhood in the hopes of being delivered a perfect child without having to give birth to it and raise it herself. …
[Mother of Fears] Paranoid Pregnancy in False Positive
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[Mother of Fears] Meta Mothering in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
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[Mother of Fears] Fighting Real-Life Monsters in Cujo (1983)
Welcome to Mother of Fears – a monthly column that will explore the various roles that mothers play within the horror genre…
[Mother of Fears] The Uneasy Road of Motherhood in We Need to Talk About Kevin
Being a mother isn’t always easy, but for Eva in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)…
[Mother of Fears] How Mommy Killed The Monster in A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984
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