Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- macabre
- eerie
- sardonic
- halloween night
- late night horror viewing
What sets it apart
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The comatose mother is introduced as a visibly decaying presence inside the wealthy Poe residence.
The story combines dark comedy with a night-long descent into hellish terror.
Dorothy is trapped house-sitting during a blackout and approaching storm while danger develops upstairs and throughout the home.
The house-sitting assignment takes place on All Hallows Eve, when ordinary seasonal imagery gives way to genuine horror.
Films like An Evening With My Comatose Mother, and why
The Addams Family
shared macabre humor, domestic horror, and grotesque supernatural atmosphere
The 'Burbs
shared dark comedy, isolated household setting, and escalating nightmare absurdity
The Frighteners
shared eccentric family menace, gothic imagery, and comic horror tone
Movie Details
- Director
- Jonathan Martin
- Release Date
- 2011-04-09
- Runtime
- 33 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (4)
Cast
- Wendy Macy
- Michele Turner Wilson
- Rick Macy
- Missy Hill
- Alivia Leonelli
Common questions
- What is An Evening With My Comatose Mother about?
- A paid Halloween house-sitting job becomes a grotesque blackout nightmare when a young woman encounters her employers’ rotting comatose mother.
- What is An Evening With My Comatose Mother like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of An Evening With My Comatose Mother as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is An Evening With My Comatose Mother violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in An Evening With My Comatose Mother as moderate.
- Which films are like An Evening With My Comatose Mother?
- Films with a similar feel include The Addams Family, The 'Burbs, and The Frighteners.
- How long is An Evening With My Comatose Mother?
- An Evening With My Comatose Mother runs 33 minutes.
