Mara
Mara is a 2018 American supernatural horror film directed by Clive Tonge in his feature-length debut and written by Jonathan Frank. The film stars Olga Kurylenko as criminal psychologist Kate Fuller, who investigates the murder of a man and is haunted by the eponymous demon (Javier Botet) who kills people in their sleep. The film also stars Craig Conway. Tonge and Frank based the film's story on conditions and mythology surrounding both sleep paralysis and Brugada syndrome. The film was released by Saban Films on September 7, 2018. It received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb.
Plot
The film opens when Sophie Wynsfield is awakened by her mother Helena, screaming, supposedly after murdering her husband. Kate Fuller (Olga Kurylenko), a criminal psychologist, is called by Detective McCarthy to diagnose Helena and deduce whether to commit her to a mental institute. Upon interviewing both Helena and Sophie, both insist that Mr. Wynsfield was killed by the sleep demon, Mara. Kate signs to have Helena committed.
More details
author | Jonathan Frank |
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director | Clive Tonge |
editor | Ed Marx Jessica N. Kehrhahn Scott Mann |
genre | horror thriller |
keywords | alarm clock criminal psychologist fall immolate kill mara mare memorabilia mental institute mental institution paralyze primary school scream self-immolation sleep paralysis suffer support group walk |
musicBy | James Edward Barker |
producer | Craig Chapman Daniel Grodnik Jake Shapiro James Edward Barker Mary Aloe Myles Nestel Scott Mann Steven Schneider |
publisher | Saban Capital Group |
theme | ghost monster movie supernatural |