Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- claustrophobic
- melancholic
- late night horror viewing
- social horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the performances, atmosphere, and incisive racial commentary while finding the ambitious screenplay overcrowded and some horror elements underdeveloped.
What sets it apart
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Jasmine believes she is haunted by ghosts connected to the university's racist past, while the institution's present-day microaggressions sustain the dread.
Gail, Jasmine, and Liv encounter racist attacks, diversity initiatives, and academic hierarchies that expose the gap between the university's rhetoric and its conduct.
The film repeatedly leaves the source of menace uncertain, allowing ghosts, racist harassment, and institutional hostility to overlap.
The old Northeastern university functions simultaneously as an educational environment, a social hierarchy, and the locus of supernatural and racist threat.
Films like Master, and why
Get Out
socially conscious horror using supernatural menace to expose racism and institutional power
His House
psychological horror blending racial trauma, historical oppression, and an unsettling academic or institutional setting
Candyman
atmospheric horror-satire where systemic racism and cultural identity generate both literal and metaphorical dread
The Night House
ambiguous supernatural drama confronting institutional prejudice through an emotionally grounded Black protagonist
Movie Details
- Director
- Mariama Diallo
- Release Date
- 2022-03-18
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 5.2 / 10 (138)
Cast
- Regina Hall
- Zoë Renee
- Amber Gray
- Talia Ryder
- Talia Balsam
- Ella Hunt
- Noa Fisher
- Kara Young
- Bruce Altman
- Jennifer Dundas
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Master about?
- At an elite university steeped in racist history, three women confront a menace that may be supernatural, institutional, or both.
- What is Master like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Master as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Master violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Master as mild.
- What did critics think of Master?
- Critics broadly praised the performances, atmosphere, and incisive racial commentary while finding the ambitious screenplay overcrowded and some horror elements underdeveloped.
- Which films are like Master?
- Films with a similar feel include Get Out, His House, Candyman, and The Night House.
- How long is Master?
- Master runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch Master?
- In United States, Master streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
