Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- oppressive
- disturbing
- late night horror viewing
- arthouse horror night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an original and unsettling feminist horror achievement, praising its imagery, sound design, direction, and lead performance.
What sets it apart
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Valeria's pregnancy becomes the central site of disturbing bodily transformation and fear.
Valeria's expected happiness as a mother conflicts with her loss of agency and increasingly oppressive domestic life.
The film gives its pregnancy nightmare a Mexican folk-inspired supernatural framework.
Critics specifically praise the shot composition, sound design, and increasingly disturbing imagery.
Films like Huesera: The Bone Woman, and why
Rosemary's Baby
pregnancy horror, oppressive domesticity, disturbing imagery, and feminist anxieties about motherhood
The Babadook
maternal dread, grief, psychological horror, and supernatural family trauma
Hereditary
body horror, inherited fear, family pressure, and escalating domestic unease
The Good Manners
mexican folk-inspired horror, queer and gendered social critique, and intimate supernatural dread
Movie Details
- Director
- Michelle Garza Cervera
- Release Date
- 2023-02-10
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (389)
Cast
- Natalia Solián
- Alfonso Dosal
- Mayra Batalla
- Mercedes Hernández
- Sonia Couoh
- Aida López
- Anahí Allue
- Martha Claudia Moreno
- Emilram Cossío
- Norma Reyna
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Sundance Now, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Huesera: The Bone Woman about?
- A pregnant Mexican woman confronts a bone-deep supernatural nightmare that exposes the coercive expectations surrounding motherhood.
- What is Huesera: The Bone Woman like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Huesera: The Bone Woman as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Huesera: The Bone Woman violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Huesera: The Bone Woman as moderate.
- What did critics think of Huesera: The Bone Woman?
- Critics broadly regard the film as an original and unsettling feminist horror achievement, praising its imagery, sound design, direction, and lead performance.
- Which films are like Huesera: The Bone Woman?
- Films with a similar feel include Rosemary's Baby, The Babadook, Hereditary, and The Good Manners.
- How long is Huesera: The Bone Woman?
- Huesera: The Bone Woman runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch Huesera: The Bone Woman?
- In United States, Huesera: The Bone Woman streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Sundance Now, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
