Madres

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Madres

2021

1h 23m

Horror

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Beto (Tenoch Huerta) and Diana (Ariana Guerra), a young Mexican-American couple expecting their first child, move to a small town in 1970's California where Beto has been offered a job managing a farm. Isolated from the community and plagued by confusing nightmares, Diana explores the rundown company ranch where they reside, finding a grisly talisman and a box containing the belongings of the previous residents. Her discoveries will lead her to a truth much stranger and more terrifying than she could have possibly imagined.

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Katie Rife

AV Club

Oct 9, 2021

C

Madres has some good ideas, but it fails to see the structural forest for the sumptuously photographed trees.

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

Oct 8, 2021

1/4

Calling a movie like Madres by-the-numbers would be a compliment, and an overstatement, because that would indicate that the makers were even mildly successful.

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Michael Nordine

Variety

Oct 7, 2021

Ryan Zaragoza's Welcome to the Blumhouse horror offering might teach you something even if it doesn't scare you.

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

Feb 22, 2023

A slow-paced film that while not inherently scary, showcases different horrors.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Dec 31, 2021

Even though there are supernatural elements in the story, it's based on real-life traumatic incidents involving motherhood ... The final 20 minutes of the movie make up for the aspects of the story that tend to get repetitive.

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Dolores Quintana

Dolores Quintana

Dec 31, 2021

MADRES packs a wallop and takes you through a number of different social issues before finally landing on the true evil. It's a realistic and real-life evil that is all the more horrible because it's true.

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Hugo S

@Hugo_Shudder May 4, 2026

California, 1970s. Expecting their first child, a Mexican-American couple moves to a rural town to start a new job on a local farm. The pregnant woman begins experiencing paranormal events that pose a threat to the unborn child. "Madres" tackles the real-life horrors of motherhood and systematic racism, using folklore themes to leverage these horrors. While the movie resonates with the recent atrocities suffered by the Latin community in America, the plot finds comfort in familiar and predictable territory. The narrative is frustratingly saturated with clichés seen in many other similar movies. The same old tricks and the usual jump scares!

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Apr 27, 2022

2.5 out of 5 stars. The next blumhouse production film that fails to be terrifying with tedious characters. Plot. And lacking in scares. Good cast. Boring script and direction that is dull.

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Jan 18, 2022

Good film overall. The script could have used a little more work but the way it was executed was very nice.

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@RT45936356 Dec 3, 2021

I liked it! The acting was a bit poor in places. And some of it I could see from a mile away. But with what they were given to work with, I was engaged. And I appreciate the little cultural insights on Mexican-American culture.

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Oct 23, 2021

Original story, full of historical truths about California and (Mexican) American history.

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Oct 20, 2021

This happens in California learn!

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Synopsis

Beto (Tenoch Huerta) and Diana (Ariana Guerra), a young Mexican-American couple expecting their first child, move to a small town in 1970's California where Beto has been offered a job managing a farm. Isolated from the community and plagued by confusing nightmares, Diana explores the rundown company ranch where they reside, finding a grisly talisman and a box containing the belongings of the previous residents. Her discoveries will lead her to a truth much stranger and more terrifying than she could have possibly imagined.

Director: Ryan Zaragoza
Producer: John H. Brister
Screenwriter: Marcella Ochoa, Mario Miscione
Production Co: Amazon Studios, Marginal Mediaworks, Blumhouse Productions
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 8, 2021
Runtime: 1h 23m

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