Matriarch is a 2022 American horror film written and directed by Ben Steiner and starring Jemima Rooper and Kate Dickie.
Synopsis At breaking point after a near fatal overdose, a woman returns home to confront her childhood traumas, and her mother.
Cast Jemima Rooper as Laura Kate Dickie as Celia Sarah Paul as Abi Simon Meacock as Leonard Nick Haverson as Gerald Celinde Schoenmaker as Katrin
Release The film was released on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2022.
Reception The film has an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews. Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting awarded the film two and a half "skulls" out of five. Mary Beth McAndrews of Dread Central awarded the film three and a half stars out of five.
Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "But none of how Matriarch resolves is particularly scary or surprising. The finale — filled with dark, barely legible imagery — is a letdown both visually and dramatically."
Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Steiner’s film shrewdly shifts back and forth between the real physical threat of dark supernatural forces and the more elusive harm done by a lifetime of bad parenting."
Martin Unnsworth of Starburst also gave the film a positive review, calling it "a slowly simmering powder keg of a film that mixes relatable human drama with a portion of Cronenberg mixed with a soupçon of The Devils."
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