Twin brothers, a face wrapped in bandages, a house in the middle of nowhere

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It’s basically impossible to talk about Austrian cinema without your mind instantly jumping to Goodnight Mommy — originally titled Ich seh, Ich seh.

You probably already know the setup: twin brothers struggling to reconnect with their mother after she comes back from the hospital. Her face wrapped in bandages, a lonely house in the middle of nowhere.

So… are the boys onto something, or are they completely losing it? You only get the answer after a brutal ride through pure psychological horror. And yeah, the film hit hard enough to get an English-language remake seven years later, starring Naomi Watts.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Release date 2015

Running time 100 minutes

Directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala

Written by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala

Starring Susanne Wuest, Elias Schwarz, Lukas Schwarz, Hans Escher, Elfriede Schatz, Karl Purker, Georg Deliovsky, Christian Steindl, and Christian Schatz

Production Austria

The film is available to stream on Prime Video — depending on your region.