Confronted with trauma, women contain, compartmentalize, distract, and ultimately carry on— lessons learned from a society of partially blind eyes. Shannon is a mother enraptured with invisible pain. She endures in chaotic calm, cracking from the inside out. Exploring the definition of motherhood and female madness, we ask: is reckoning with female pain more dangerous than playing pretend?
Mothers' Instinct
2024
6.9/10
Baby Blues
2008
6.0/10
The Babadook
2014
6.5/10
Antichrist
2009
6.6/10
Hereditary
2018
7.3/10
Tuesday
2024
6.8/10
Curve
2016
7.0/10
Peeping Tom
1960
7.4/10
Ghostland
2018
7.4/10
The Truth About Emanuel
2013
6.0/10
Birth/Rebirth
2023
6.5/10
The Eyes of My Mother
2016
6.2/10
A Mouthful of Air
2021
6.5/10
Night Watch
1973
6.2/10
Never Let Go
2024
6.1/10
Nocebo
2022
6.1/10
Helen
2009
6.5/10
Bird Box
2018
6.8/10
Intruders
2015
5.9/10
Goodnight Mommy
2022
6.3/10
November
2004
4.8/10
