obsession and possession are two sides of the same coin. illness manifests physically and mentally. how much can one suffer without losing their faith, their sanity? 

rose glass’s debut feature (!) expertly builds suspense and tension — it all leads up to an unforgettably shocking ending that burns itself into your memory, a stigmata for the hippocampus. i got irrationally scared in my bathroom when i returned home from the drive-in, which is an indisputable trademark of high-grade horror!

spent the whole movie absolutely wracked with anxiety at the images on screen, thinking “hey!!! you can’t do that, you’re gonna get COVID!!! watch out, Maud!!!!” and wow, to make me worry your protagonist is going to get a disease, because of nothing you’ve done but because it is a disease that exists in the real world right now? powerful filmmaking.

writing this review in line at the bathroom of the drive in because saint maud was very spooky and if i stop typing my bones might never return from their gelatin state

“nothing worthwhile comes easily”

my jaw dropped at least a dozen times. ALL HAIL

i want a church girl that go to church and read her bible just like maud do 😇

One of my faves of 2020.

Watched a screener link

theres some mauds in this house

This is what happens when you're a lesbian and dont pray.
😐💅🏻

Maud stop you’re scaring the hoes

the scariest part of this movie was its release schedule

a+ on the score and the cinematography

It is hard to say if I really liked it. I did not dislike it though the first 40 minutes are boring but after that point it gets very lively! It has several striking scenes and it is shot very nicely. If the movie started with a quick story setting and then jumped to the 40 minute mark it would be an awesome movie. The movie has merit though but I’m not sure if I would want to see it again. If you want to check it out you can do so on epix.

“Nothing worthwhile comes easily.”

O grande mérito do filme é conseguir sustentar do início ao fim a linha tênue entre o real e o sobrenatural, utilizando o fanatismo religioso como catalizador de uma jornada bastante ambígua. Economizar nas informações sobre o passado da protagonista, com exposição à conta gotas, também é um acerto, trazendo uma imprevisibilidade para o seu comportamento. Esse tom enigmático aparece na composição da grande maioria dos planos, com uma iluminação quase barroca em closes que revelam uma faceta maligna da personagem, mesmo que a ação não se concretize de fato. O único deslize do filme talvez seja um ponto de virada um tanto brusco no segundo ato, mas nada que atrapalhe a experiência.

Nota: 7,5

The cinematography is great and the story deals with some ambiguity as to why Maud is experiencing all of this. Memorable? Absolutely not. I was also not expecting such strange CGI.

There is a fine line between faith and obsession. Rose Glass and her feature debut left me in awe. Remarkable film.

Not sure how I feel about this one... I think there's a movie in here I really like, but the post-production dampened it. A24 has made enough movies at this point that they have established a style, but they're at a point where they should be expanding it- not imposing it. With the drabness of the colors and that SAME lurching, droning shipyard soundtrack, Saint Maud is bogged down from being something truly bonzo, scary and wonderful. The ending worked for me! But the dish needs flavor. Imagine how much better just a score theme like the opening/closing of Rosemary's Baby would have made this. THAT'S the power of an inventive soundtrack and a little bit of flavor.

A film felétől válik világossá, hogy miről is szól igazából, addig úgy érezteti, hogy még bármi lehet. A hívő szimbolizmusa az nagyon jó, a vége kielégítő.

I was really looking forward to this film. I think it could’ve been 20 minutes longer.

I was vibing the while way through but the ending is fucking incredible. this is how you make a modern horror.

The last 20-30 minutes really made this movie for me. I also don’t know if any other movie does as good of a job at making religious imagery look so unsettling. When it comes to movies A24 puts out, it’s exactly what you expect, so don’t go in thinking you’ll get jump scares or anything that’s absolutely insane. It’s a movie that relies on tone and atmosphere. It works for me, but I can see this movie being off putting to others, similarly to The Witch. Definitely give it a try though!

It wasn’t horror in the sense I was expecting. But it was dark and tense. The gay vibes... the religious themes.. the cinematography... the ending. Wow.

A movie that shows the damage of blind faith and loneliness with a single jump scare that left quite an impact on me and the perception of the story.

🚬 Heard murmurings of something special, but felt it was a rather conventional psychological horror albeit with some interesting sound design and imagery. Shook my head (not in a good way) a fair few times in the last 15 mins which isn’t a great impression to end with.