#Eyes of My Mother

[cronennerd]

Mother’s Day Horror Movie Pairings (2/2)

1. Final moms: The Shining (1980) / Us (2019)

2. A mother’s love, a mother’s loss: Antichrist (2009) / The Invitation (2015)

3. Gone but not forgotten: Psycho (1960) / Eyes of My Mother (2016)

4. Revenge of the moms: Friday the 13th (1980) / Scream 2 (1997)

5. They want my baby!: Rosemary’s Baby (1968) / Inside (2007)

[ubasjuice]

[THE EYES OF MY MOTHER] 2016

"Francisca (Kika Magalhaes) has been unfazed by death from an early age because her mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, imbued her with a thorough understanding of the human anatomy. When tragedy shatters her family's idyllic life in the countryside, her deep trauma gradually awakens some unique curiosities. As she grows up, her desire to connect with the world around her takes a distinctly dark form."

Nicolas Pesce on his directorial debut, and garnered six film awards (and 17 nominations) on this 2016 sundance feature.

The film delves into themes of trauma, isolation, and distorted human connection, every scene is carefully curated; the film was shot in excuisite black and white; the sound/music incorporated here are errie and very off-putting, a film that's definitely not for everyone.

A powerful performance by the lead actress, Kika Magalhães. The supporting actors/actresses really played their roles perfectly and it helped shape around Kika's character development in the film.

The thing that made it feel unsettling throughout the whole film was Kika's innocence, from childhood to her adolescent stage, she built her own world, with her own values, how little it may be; she, on her own self, knew that what she was doing was acceptable.

Not for everyone, as it deals with triggerring subject matter.

I'd give this a solid 10/10

[hannahwatcheshorror]

THE EYES OF MY MOTHER (2016)

💁‍♀️? Strong female lead? (Sort of)

A very aesthetic film with a poorly executed plot (if there was a plot at all), disorienting cuts (time jumps?), and a mismatched title. The cinematics of the movie were very nice and artful but in the end it wasn't enough to make up for the rest of the film.

⭐⭐

This girl, Francisca’s mom got murdered by a door to door bible salesman looking guy (Uh oh!) who is then kept in the barn next door. Francis takes care of her widowed father and the murderer but performs surgery on him where she removed his eyes (and much later we realize she also snipped his vocal cords which would have been nice to know right away but it wasn't called "My Mothers Fucking Vocal Cords"). Her father dies and she takes a weird bath with him, very aesthetic and probably the best part of the movie.

Bible guy tries to escape and Franny just stabs the shit out of him. Bitch hops a ride with a mom who is like "sure, hold my baby" and (surprise!) crazy Francie takes this woman's kid. Moments later the mom is chained up (minus eyes and with snipped vocal cords) and the baby is a little kid now with his "new mom" and the strange “thing" in the barn. Ends with the police coming, honestly so unremarkable I forgot how Fran even got got but she did so it’s fine and dandy.

[eaissilyy]

A kinder mother would sure seek her sons, even if it was her who abandoned them.

(Just a Thought of Marika in ragged clothes and covered in veil, unfortunately didn’t hide her grace, descending down to the shunning ground she made to cage her rage and grief from the time long past, just to see her sons who she refused to hold and look at their births. SADLY THAT’S NOT WHAT HAPPENED AHUGHGAHHHHH)

[beatriceportinari]

Toad, origami, one square sheet of paper

[ewwww-what]

You’re a piece of work, kid.

[captainswan618]

there is a person standing 73 yards some distance away, watching you. they look like they’re trying to tell you something. you can’t get away from them, nor can you get close to them. they’re just...standing there.

so your friends and loved ones try to help you by talking to them, and the person must be saying something to them, because they look at you differently now. but you have no idea what it was, all you hear is static.

you try to tell them not to listen to the person, but no matter what you do, no matter how much you plead with them, they look up at you with suspicion-hatred-fear and just run. they don’t care where they’re going, just that you’re not there. and you can’t do anything to stop it.

the more that the people in your life care about you, the worse it is, because anyone who tries to help is turned against you. so you are just gradually shut out of your own life by the people you love the most, until eventually you no longer recognize your surroundings.

there is a person standing 73 yards some distance away, watching you.

[platoapproved]

Well, you don't talk about your mother very much.

insp (x)

[flimsy-spine]

my favorite madney scenes: [42/?] ⇢ Blindsided, 4.09

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

No time to play. You are being sent away.

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[imsadandindespair]

[starry-bi-sky]

my martha knight au in a nutshell:

Danny/Martha: see up here?

Danny/Martha: *taps skull*

Danny/Martha: intense psychological damage

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Danny/Martha: *upon finding out she's pregnant*

Danny/Martha: oh my god i cant be a mom, I'm fifteen and homeless--

Danny/Martha: im going to be a terrible mother--

Danny/Martha: i live in a cAR--

Danny/Martha: what if the baby inherits my powers? Oh no--

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Danny/Martha post giving birth: i've only had Bruce for a minute and a half but if anything were to happen to him i won't even need to fuse with Vlad, I'm razing this goddamn planet to the ground myself

Danny, to Baby Bruce: you are the last remaining thread of my sanity. I'm going to give you the world :)

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Danny/Martha prior to getting pregnant: Fuck it, if everything in my life has led to this moment, i'm allowed to make one stupid decision. I'm getting drunk and getting laid

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Danny/Martha while Bruce was a toddler: i swear to fucking god i am going to kill the next person who talks to me--

Bruce: hi mommy!! i brought you something!!!

Danny/Martha, immediately flipping on a dime: hi baby!! what do you have?

Bruce, a weird child like his mother: a spider :)

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Danny/Martha, talking to Falcone after he made an unsavory comment at her and Bruce: If you ever come near me or my son again, I will dig up your shithead father's corpse and make you eat his skin.

Danny/Martha: do you understand me

Falcone:... crystal, ma'am

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Danny/Martha new in Gotham: *getting mugged*

Danny/Martha: *grabs man's arm*

Danny/Martha: I AM GOING TO BREAK YOU IN HALF LIKE A TWIG, FUCK BOY, DO YOU HEAR THE WORDS COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH--

(she then proceeds to terrorize Gotham's night life for the next extended period of time, mostly unintentionally)

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Danny/Martha: Danny Fenton?? No. you must be mistaken, my name is Martha Knight.

Danny/Martha: this here is my littlest knight, Bruce.

Danny/Martha: I made him all by myself :]

[jaeheecloset]

My sacrifice for your tainted mind and your pure heart

[stiffyck]

Oh, I’m crying now, authentic tears

They flow out of me when I think about you

‘Cause you’re the only person in the world who’d understand

‘Cause you’re the only person in the world who’d understand the meaning of this

Oh my god

I try, and I try, and I try to make you listen to me

I’ve finally admitted to myself that I’m never gonna finish this so I quickly tried to at make it at least sorta presentable-

This is what happens when you listen to touch tone telephone on repeat

[seduzist]

CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THERE’S ALMOST NO FANFICS FOR HER LIKE??????? LOOK AT HER PLS THATS MOMMY

[doctorsiren]

Mama Edgeworth anyone?