You Are Not My Mother

You Are Not My Mother is an extremely confident directorial debut. Irish filmmakers have slowly been creating an impressive catalog of horror films: ghost stories, stories steeped in the occult, with some monster movies thrown into the mix. Some are effective hybrids, with psychological trauma morphing into violence or psychopathy. Ireland, with its long history of ancient paganism overlaid with Catholicism, and its legends of fairies (not as cute as you might think, with leprechauns the worst of the "fairy folk," greedy little bastards), is rich territory for horror. In the last decade alone,

Bullying, creepy imagery in unsettling Irish horror movie. Read Common Sense Media's You Are Not My Mother review, age rating, and parents guide. This is an unsettling Irish horror movie that masterfully blends the real and the supernatural. "You Are Not My Mother" is as much a story of growing up and the ravages of mental illness on individuals and their loved ones as it is a creepy story of demonic possession rooted in legend and folklore. Hazel Doupe is perfect as Char, a teen growing up in a bleak Dublin suburb -- bullied at school and contending with a mentally ill mother at home before t