Spoonful of Sugar

This is impressive.

It's The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, but way more weird and creepy.

I wasn't ready for this. This is going to sit with me for a while.

The Chapstick at the end was an interesting detail.

I watched this on AMC+/Shudder. It has a listed release date of March 2, 2023, but it dropped early. On the 21st or before. Probably after the Winter Film Awards International Film Festival in New York on Sunday the 19th.

I have dug Kat Foster in a bunch of TV shows, 'Til Death (2006-2008), Your Family Or Mine (2015) and more.

This is one of at least 9 Mommy Horror movie's we're getting this year. Also Baby Ruby, Birth/Rebirth, Blood, House/Wife, Huesera: The Bone Woman, M3GAN, There's Something Wrong With the Children and They Wait in the Dark. There's probably more I've forgotten. I think the moral of the stories is, don't have kids.

If you like intelligent plots with a touch of bizarre and smart solutions, this is the film. Amazing acting, a sober direction and dark shades of obscure references anchored under the human psiqué (pay attention to 'The Shining' nod in the door sequence). Above all, no trace of the left-wing clichés that, nowadays, pollutes almost every script or the politically correct crap made in Hollywood. Just a tight screenplay that surprises and conquers the moviegoer with a slight touch of gore. The soundtrack also contributes to the result, along with LSD references that makes it more and more insteresting. A potential cult for the right audience.

Spoonful of Sugar (2022) is a film that was recently added to Shudder. The storyline follows a young lady who takes medication to manage a condition that causes her to see things and lose her mind. Her parents abandoned her and she has been in and out of foster homes and currently lives with a creep who can't wait until she turns 18. Meanwhile, she studies at a college and is writing a thesis on allergies and that they are as much in your mind as reality. To make ends meet she picks up a job babysitting an eccentric young man who has extreme allergies, doesn't talk and is abusive towards his parents. As she babysits the young man he makes tremendous progress, the mom gets jealous and the young lady starts falling in love with the dad. This causes a tidal wave of events at the house that is bound to cause an explosive conclusion.

This movie is directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Fixation) and stars Morgan Saylor (White Girl), Kat Foster (Jean-Claude Van Johnson), Myko Olivier (Glee), Danilo Crovetti (Hunters) and Laura Coover (Agent Carter).

This movie is fantastic. The storyline is very clever with entertaining twists and turns. The main character is perfectly delivered, awkward, unpredictable and fascinating all at the same time. Her hallucinations are very well presented. The cinematography in this movie is very good and helped create intensity that is felt throughout the movie. The adopted dad is crazy creepy and made me feel icky every scene he is in. Honestly, the acting and dialogue of every character feels authentic and this had a 'May' feel to it in a lot of ways. There's a rabbit 🐇 scene that's wild and very well done. The storyline for this keeps you glued to the screen until the very end; and when the conclusion arrives, you're hit by a truck...then backed over. I adored how this film concludes.

Overall, this is a magnificent addition to the horror genre that's absolutely worth your time. I would score this an 8-8.5/10 and strongly recommend it.

Considering the rather low ratings it got on here I wasn't expecting too much from this horror movie but I'm glad I gave it a shot because it was pleasant to follow. Horror movies will never please everybody, and even though I wouldn't class this one as hardcore horror, it was an entertaining movie. It's mild horror with a couple of bloody scenes, creepy for sure and that was mostly due to the performance of Morgan Saylor. She has good facial expressions to make it creepy, and of course her acting talent that was more than decent. The story was certainly not bad, just simple but effective, and easy to follow.

... and I enjoyed it a lot.

First of all, I just like to mention that I wouldn't categorize this as a horror movie, I'd say it is a psychological thriller instead.

A psychological thriller about obsession, cruelty and insanity. Perfect job done by both lead actresses to showcase that, praises to them. Good acting was a vital part to allow this movie to bloom.

Relationships between characters felt so complex and brutal, yet realistic.

I really loved how there were multiple layers of what is going on and how they unraveled painfully and beautifully.

Overall good execution.

Even though I thought I knew exactly where this was all going, the ending got me pleasantly surprised.

"Spoonful of Sugar" succeeds to bring up some questions and thoughts on relationships between parents and their children. Some things to ponder on even after movie ends.