As someone who watches almost exclusively horror films for entertainment, I can say that I've definitely seen worse. It holds suspense throughout and plays on the idea of sleep paralysis rather than just sticking to the whole demon plot line. However, there are several inconsistencies in "Mara's" behavior and the way she creeps up on Kate differs from the way she treats her other victims. For example, Kate falls asleep during stage three but doesn't begin to see Mara while awake until she dozes while on the ferry. Secondly, Dougie says she has to sleep for 20 minutes in order for Mara to appear but when she dozes in the tub. She was definitely not asleep for the twenty minutes needed to fall in to a deep sleep as dougie describes. This also leaves the Ferry micronap in a strange category despite Mara's immediate appearance following it. Another side note is that if a detective were investigating a crime and one of the family members blamed a drug dealer, they would definitely follow that up. It's quite a stretch that Kate would have to do all of that detective work by herself. Finally the cliche of Sophie forgiving Kate but Sophie's mother remaining blame... I though it was the person's guilt, not the person's inability to reconcile with the person they've wronged. All in all, decent script, decent acting but they obviously lacked a person to look over continuity.
Review of Mara
Mara
(I) (2018)
Uncommon Idea, but plot holes and cliche's ruin it a bit
14 February 2019
Warning: Spoilers