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In school, 14 year old Missy (Juliette Greenfield) claims she's fine, and even her best friend Kayla (Sami Walker) she tells everything's ok - onl.y why is she so hesitant to enter her own home? Her tyrranical mother Annette (Kate Logan) might have something to do with it, for whom nothing Missy does is ever good enough - and that's rich coming from a heroin addict. Now mom alone would be bad enough, but her boyfriend Trent (Andy Sparnon) is even worse, a lowlife drug pusher who has been released from jail only recently, who readily supports Annette's drug habit, and who has sexually abused Missy in the past - without Annette even lifting a finger to help the girl - quite the contrary actually, she grows quite jealous towards her daughter. So these days, Missy takes a big knife to bed with her, should she need to defend herself. And indeed, tonight Trent pays her a visit with unmistakable intentions, and of course he won't take no for an answer - so ultimately she has no choice but to stab him dead in self defense. Thing is, Annette, drugged up to the brim, doesn't take too kindly to this - to the point where she actually wants to avenge her dead lover. Missy locks herself just in time to lock herself in, and she calls the police not one moment too soon, as pretty much as soon as she has reported her mother's intention, her mother breaks down the door. Missy is changed around the house, and in one of her hiding places actually stumbles upon the corpse of her grandmother (Claire Weller Price), obviously killed by her mother who has always claimed she's on a trip abroad. Missy holds out until two police officers (Riley Channells, William Tarrant) arrive. Thing is, Annette is in such a state not even the police are safe ...

Now make no mistake, The Matriarch is a pretty relentless film, shocking for its subject matter already, which is of course only sustained as it's really well-made - it's pretty much one solid suspense piece with the tension never letting off and all the violence and jump scares in all the right places. And both Juliette Greenfield and Kate Logan really carry the film, both giving strong performances. That said, this is definitely not a film for the faint-hearted, not only but also due to its disturbing premise, but if you're up for a merciless thrill-a-minute tour de force, then this one's definitely for you.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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