To start the year 2025, Netflix subscribers have decided to focus on horror. Five years after its cinema release, a particularly frightening film is slowly climbing into the top 10.
Cold sweats are in order at the start of the year. Netflix subscribers have decided to scare themselves and bring up to date an American horror film released in 2019. With Stay safe and sound, Macurrently eighth in the top 10 most viewed films in France, we dive into a frightening psychological thriller. The story of this film not recommended for those under 16 begins simply. A group of teenagers who want to party without being legally allowed to drink ask Sue Ann “Ma” Ellington, a single woman, to buy them alcohol. After some setbacks with the police, the young people are offered by Ma to party in his cellar, out of sight. But this proposition turns out to be dangerous. As the evenings go by, very strange events take place in this basement. When the teenagers decide not to go to Ma anymore, she forces them to come back.
In Stay safe and sound, MaOctavia Spencer hits the screen
Stay safe and sound, Ma is a film by Tate Taylor, to whom we also owe The girl on the train or Ava. It is produced by none other than Jason Blum, very prolific in the horror genre in the United States since he is behind the franchises Paranormal Activity, Insidious, American Nightmare or even Halloween. It was also he who produced Get Out, Jordan Peele's film widely acclaimed by critics and moviegoers. To carry the film, the producers chose Octavia Spencer (The color of feelingsShadow figures). She plays the terrifying and elusive Ma.
Stay safe and sound, Ma received mixed reviews
The cast of Stay safe and sound, Ma also includes Juliette Lewis, known to fans of Yellowjackets – of which season 3 will be released next February – McKaley Miller (Hart of Dixie) or Luke Evans (Nine Perfect Strangers). At the time of its release, the film had generated $61.2 million in box office revenue. If the critics are not rave about the film – Internet users from Rotten Tomatoes 64% recommend it – everyone agrees to applaud Octavia Spencer's masterful performance.
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