Matriarch

Ben Steiner trips on shrooms and has a distorted idea of what viewers want. The fact that all of the characters (with the exception of the insignificant role of the blonde mistress) are unlikable and unreadable wouldn’t matter so much if they fit into the concept of the plot. But all of the gradual revealing of the mystery surrounding the mother and the black secretion is just bizarre and irrelevant, not scary and shocking. Utter bullshit. (13/11/2022)

A decent addition to the family of folk and body horror, which especially in the final act brings some succulent and juicy moments and scenes. However, it should have held onto the mythology a little tighter and more could have been extracted from the mother-daughter relationship. And no one would mind if the main character was at least a little bit likeable. Acceptable as a debut, anyway, and if Ben Steiner makes something else, I'll be happy to be there. (21/10/2022)