Mother, May I?

Mother, May I? (2023)

You only get one mother.

Emmett enters into a nightmarish game of therapy with his wife Anya, who has inexplicably taken on the persona of his estranged and recently-deceased mother.

Date of release
2023-07-21
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (45)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Director
Laurence Vannicelli

Casting

Interesting facts

Mother, May I? is a 2023 American psychological horror film written and directed by Laurence Vannicelli from a story he conceived with his partner Daisy Long. It stars Holland Roden, Kyle Gallner, and Chris Mulkey and is about a woman who starts behaving like her fiancé's recently deceased mother. The film premiered at Fantasy Filmfest on April 23, 2023, and opened in the United States on July 21, 2023. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

Production

Writer-director Laurence Vannicelli and producer Daisy Long conceived the story for the film during the COVID-19 pandemic while brainstorming ideas for a performance-driven project with a small cast; the two later married. Lead actress Holland Roden was involved early in the production as a producer and gave notes on the script, which pulled from the Buddhist principle of bardo. The film was shot on a tight five-week schedule.

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