Mildly — Ma works more through dread than through overt scares. As a teen film, it scored 4.0/10 for fear, 4.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.3/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Ma?

Ma has 3 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

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Ma

2019 · R · 1h 39m

Get home safe.

Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.

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Curator Score

6.3

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Carried by gore, light on atmosphere.

Jump scares

Ma has 3 jump scares. Compare counts

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6.3Overall

Fear4.0

Gore7.0

Atmosphere4.0

Genres

horrorthriller

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Details

Budget$5M

Box office$61.2M

Directed by

Tate Taylor

Written by

Scotty Landes

Cinematography

Christina Alexandra Voros

Music

Gregory Tripi

Starring

Octavia Spencer as Sue Ann · Juliette Lewis as Erica · Diana Silvers as Maggie · McKaley Miller as Haley · Corey Fogelmanis as Andy · Luke Evans as Ben Hawkins · Gianni Paolo as Chaz · Dante Brown as Darrell

Production

Blumhouse Productions, Wyolah Films

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