[Mother of Fears] Mothering in Silence in A Quiet Place (2018)
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[Mother of Fears] Mothering in Silence in A Quiet Place (2018)

A Quiet Place (2018) opens 89 days after a race of extremely sound-sensitive creatures show up on Earth, perhaps from an exterritorial source. If you make any noise, even the slightest sound, you’re likely to be pounced upon by these extremely strong and staggeringly fast creatures and suffer a brutal death.

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[Mother of Fears] I Don’t Wanna Be Buried in a Pet Sematary (1989) and (2019)
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[Mother of Fears] I Don’t Wanna Be Buried in a Pet Sematary (1989) and (2019)

Both the original Pet Sematary (1989) and its 2019 remake are stories about the way death and grief can affect people in different ways. And while the films centre on Louis Creed and his increasingly terrible decision-making process, there’s no doubt that the story wouldn’t pack the same punch or make the same sense without his wife, Rachel.

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[Mother of Fears] How I Love to Love Nadine in The Stand (2020)
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[Mother of Fears] How I Love to Love Nadine in The Stand (2020)

The story focuses on a group of survivors after most of the world’s population is wiped out by Captain Trips, a lethal super-flu. And while there are enough horrors to go around in a story like this, the real focus of King’s book is how those who survive react to the changing world around them.

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[Mother of Fears] A Certain Hunger in Onibaba (1964)
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[Mother of Fears] A Certain Hunger in Onibaba (1964)

Set during the mid-fifteenth century, Onibaba (1964) tells the story of two women fighting for survival. Credited only as Older Woman and Younger Woman (or Kichi's Mother and Kichi's Wife) according to IMDB, the story is focussed on the lengths these women will go to survive a war, and yet they’re not even given names, unlike the male characters.

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[Mother of Fears] Be Very Afraid of Motherhood in The Fly (1986)
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[Mother of Fears] Be Very Afraid of Motherhood in The Fly (1986)

For journalist Veronica Quaife her life changes direction one night in a massive way while attending a Bartok Science Industries party. She’s there to cover the event for Particle magazine, and has a few interviews scheduled with scientists who all think they’ve discovered something which will change the world.

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[Mother of Fears] Parenting Under Pressure in Under the Shadow (2016)
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[Mother of Fears] Parenting Under Pressure in Under the Shadow (2016)

Set in the 1980s, Under the Shadow (2016) follows Shideh, a mother who is trying to find her place in the world. Shideh’s story takes place in post-revolutionary Iran during the War of Cities and sees her not only try to cope with current events but also piece her life back together now that the revolution is over.

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[Mother of Fears] Mother of Fear-Escaping a Mother’s Love in Run (2020)
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[Mother of Fears] Mother of Fear-Escaping a Mother’s Love in Run (2020)

Going away to college can be a difficult time for both parents and children. While both parties are no doubt looking forward to the new-found freedom which will come with the change in circumstances, it also brings a lot of disruption to the status quo of the past eighteen years.

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[Mother of Fears] A Mother Never Forgives in The Woman in Black (2012)
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[Mother of Fears] A Mother Never Forgives in The Woman in Black (2012)

In the remote village of Crythin Gifford, not everything is as it seems. The quaint location seems like it would be the perfect place to relax and enjoy the peace, but the residents of Crythin Gifford have reason to hold their children extra tightly and shield them from the horrors lurking in this slice of the English countryside…

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[Mother of Fears] Be Seen And Not Heard in The People Under the Stairs
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[Mother of Fears] Be Seen And Not Heard in The People Under the Stairs

For Mommy in The People Under the Stairs, that means stealing children from the neighbourhood in the hopes of being delivered a perfect child without having to give birth to it and raise it herself. …

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