88 reactions from 1 source (Bluesky) · newest Oct 15, 2026 · last updated Oct 15, 2026 · How this works
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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 49 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Thoughtfully informed by Māori culture and the legacy of colonialism, Mārama is an unsettling gothic horror told with invigorating flair."
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60 of 88 · most liked firstIf you love Gothic horror and have Shudder, do yourself a favor and watch Mārama. This is one of the most visually stunning, heartbreaking and empowering films.
positive · AI labelView post →Now watching Mārama - Overlook Film Fest #1
neutral · AI labelView post →Check out the new trailer for Mārama, in theaters April 17th @bloody-disgusting.com #horror #gothic bloody-disgusting.com/movie/394256...
neutral · AI labelView post →Reminder! Watch Mārama on MĀORI+ www.maoriplus.co.nz/movie/marama
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's an interview I did with Taratoa Stappard about his Māori Gothic horror film 'Mārama', which addresses the legacy of colonialism, split identity, fetishistic racism and one woman's search for her roots. Part two is coming on Monday. www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished watching Mārama and what a chilling gorgeous upsetting and fascinating movie. Everything from the acting, the sets, the costumes, the music to the plot itself : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
positive · AI labelView post →Went to a Q&A screening of Mārama. Someone in the audience pointed out that it's rare for the protagonist of gothic horror to have so much agency. The director pointed out that of course she has agency, she is wahine Māori 💅 He suggested that everyone go see it on 14th Feb, for James Cook reasons.
neutral · AI labelView post →If this doesn’t get you excited about women in horror, I don’t know what will. This film is so gorgeous. Look out for my review from Horror Movie Blog soon. Still from Mārama (2025): a Māori gothic story, written and directed by Taratoa Stappard. Watched for Imagine Film Festival.
positive · AI labelView post →here are some of my *current* favorite things: ꩜ tv series: The Vampire Lestat ꩜ film: Mārama ꩜ video game: Reanimal ꩜ color: Holographic lavender ꩜ activity: Hiking ꩜ song: Army Of Love ~ Kerli ꩜ fruit: Cantaloupe
positive · AI labelView post →lxxi • Mārama currently my top film of the year, holy fuck (festival run was in 2025 but wide release was 2026 so it counts) #100horrormoviesin92days
positive · AI labelView post →Phenomenal film. Many thanks to @pasquinel.bsky.social for the selection. I had noticed #Mārama and intended to watch it on my own, but didn't consider it for a watch party. Sharing it was a good call. Thank you all #FrightClub.
positive · AI labelView post →Can’t believe it’s been a year since watching Mārama. I still think about this one. Revisit my review over on @horrormovieblog.bsky.social: horrormovieblog.com/marama-reven...
positive · AI labelView post →@siffnews.bsky.social begins today with Boots Riley's I Love Boosters (tonight with the filmmaker in attendance). My first review: Taratoa Stappard's Māori Gothic horror, Mārama, with an excellent Ariāna Osborne. Plays May 8 and 9 (and returns for a post-fest run May 21). @seattlecritics.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Press play on #Mārama #FrightClub! Link to film in pinned post. Our feed:
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night, I watched Mārama directed by Taratoa Stoppard on Shudder and I thought it was absolutely amazing! Such a gut wrenching indigenous horror film with stunning cinematography and beautiful sound design. Ariāna Osborne as Mārama absolutely steals the show.
positive · AI labelView post →⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mārama (2025) was such a good movie. If you can have access to watch it I highly recommend it
positive · AI labelView post →Hey, the colonial Gothic horror film Mārama (Aotearoa/ New Zealand, 2026) is available for rent now on YT, Prime, Apple and Vimeo. youtu.be/uP_BNr2VerM
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Overlook Film Festival edition! * Chili Finger * Ugly Cry * New Group * Mārama
neutral · AI labelView post →#nowwatching Mārama (2025) 📽️ First time watch. This looks really good.
positive · AI labelView post →My Favorites of 2026 so far I Love Boosters They Will Kill You The Furious Hokum Saccharine Send Help Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die Obsession Mārama Pizza Movie
positive · AI labelView post →Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival starts tonight in Wellington. I wrote about five of the features in the programme for RNZ. (Last boost, honest.) www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
neutral · AI labelView post →Of note, I recently watched the Māori Gothic horror film Mārama, which was INCREDIBLE, and it featured OFMD's Erroll Shand playing a horrifying character who was probably based on the same history, but I suspect also referenced a little bit of Harvey Keitel's character in this 😅
positive · AI labelView post →If you are a horror fan, you need to watch the film Mārama. It just became available on Apple TV, and it’s a Māori gothic revenge horror and just … whew that’s some serious generational and feminine rage, and the actors are amazing but especially Ariāna Osborne.
positive · AI labelView post →Mārama (2026) I was so excited for this movie, but I was tapping my foot and checking my watch before the end of the first act. There is a great horror story buried here under a mountain of terrible choices; the truest parts suffocated by its inability to commit to anything but shock. 1/5
negative · AI labelView post →Very much enjoyed Māori gothic horror film Mārama from director Taratoa Stappard w/fine performances from the always-great Toby Stephens and Arianna Osborne in the lead part. Stunning, lush visuals and an anguished,furious, anti-colonialist story. #horror #film
positive · AI labelView post →Me and Reina watched the film Mārama in the IFC Center last night in NYC! It's a really great and catharthic New Zealand (Aotearoa) Gothic horror and period drama on a half English, half Māori woman's journey of confronting colonial trauma and reclaiming her Māori heritage.
positive · AI labelView post →#Horror365Challenge #136 The Wailing. A cop investigates a bizarre case that starts to spread across the island. Creepy, atmospheric horror that almost took this category for me but I stuck with Mārama for Best International Movie #MutantFam #ChainsawAwards catch-up.
neutral · AI labelView post →Mārama: THIS MOVIE RIPS
positive · AI labelView post →43. Mārama (2025) Director: Taratoa Stappard #100HorrorMoviesin92Days #HorrorSky #FilmSky boxd.it/gjSbTj
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching 📽️ - Mārama (2026) Dir. Taratoa Stappard
neutral · AI labelView post →Just saw Mārama. What an amazing gothic horror movie about colonization. Loved it so much. Folks should see it if it’s in theater around them.
unlabelledView post →Just seen Mārama... Holy hell what a film.
unlabelledView post →This weekend I saw a film that I cannot stop thinking about. It is called Mārama. www.imdb.com/title/tt1528... Keep an eye out for it, I saw a screening at a festival but it should have a general release soon.
unlabelledView post →427) Mārama 10/10 Holy shit! This movie said fuck you and your whole empire and we're gonna stomp on the ashes.
unlabelledView post →Movie 40/100 #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days Mārama (2025)
unlabelledView post →Absolutely will suggest Mārama, the movie. Go watch its on at MIFF or find it online. So well done!
unlabelledView post →My penultimate MIFF film is Māori gothic horror Mārama. It was VERY scary and I was VERY brave; a tight 89 minutes that maybe needed MORE time? Deserves better than the Letterboxd reviews comparing it to Nosferatu.
unlabelledView post →Just watched Mārama, the New Zealand horror film. Very powerful take on the colonial fetishism of indigenous culture. I wonder if James Cameron has seen it?
unlabelledView post →After hearing a rave review of local film Mārama on an American podcast I was bummed to find it unavailable to watch in NZ.. kudos to @letterboxd.social for remedying that via their online video store
unlabelledView post →www.phantasmag.com/articles-2/m... 'Mārama' Director Taratoa Stappard on Making the First Māori Gothic Horror Film — PHANTASMAG
unlabelledView post →1859 North Yorkshire. Far from home and haunted by visions, a Māori woman uncovers gruesome secrets inside an English manor. A bold, unsettling gothic tale of identity, memory, and colonial reckoning. Mārama (Feb 2026), dir. Taratoa Stappard #FilmSky #Horror #MāoriGothic
unlabelledView post →Beautiful/horrible/frustrating/satisfying. Excellent movie. #Mārama
unlabelledView post →Film 47/100. Mārama (2025). boxd.it/Qzrk #100HorrorMoviesin92Days
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching 📽️💀 Mārama (2025) #thriller
unlabelledView post →It's 1859, and a young Māori woman travels to England looking for secrets from her past, in Mārama www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/maram... #filmsky #Fantaspoa #Overlook 🎬
unlabelledView post →2025 Fantastic Fest Review: Mārama is a cinematic masterpiece, using gothic horror to tell a breathtaking, heart-wrenching tale of self-discovery and retribution. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/11/08/f... for my full review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025
unlabelledView post →Tonight's movie was Mārama! 1) I support women's totally justified not-wrongs too 2) I couldn't tell if the villain was being played as a psycho or just a White English Victorian Man and that's pretty on genre tbh 3) pls light movies so I can see what is happening T_T
unlabelledView post →On #Day1 of the #31DaysOfHorror, an Indigenous horror film from New Zealand, #Mārama available on @shudder.com. A story of a young Māori woman who must embrace her unique abilities to survive an obsessed English man wanting to make her another of his prized Māori possessions. 4/5 ⛺️
unlabelledView post →Mārama is a pretty good gothic-māori horror film youtu.be/mNz53qJuCbY
unlabelledView post →Mārama is out in theaters today! @conrad-esq.bsky.social and I talked about the film out of TIFF, how it uses genre to confront colonialism, and that powerhouse lead performance
unlabelledView post →We saw an incredible film this evening, Mārama. Described by the director as ‘Māori gothic’ - its intense, riveting and fairly gory. Loved it!
unlabelledView post →Mārama will screen at the Hawai’i International Film Festival on October 22 & 23. hiff.org/events/mrama/
unlabelledView post →#Filmsky Mārama (2025) letterboxd.com/noelct/film/...
unlabelledView post →New film reviews posted up on Letterboxd. Go there to read the long form of these reviews. It's Alive (1974)★★★★ Mārama (2026)(New Zealand)★★★★ 9 to 5 (1980)(rewatch)★★★½ follow me and check out all my reviews on letterboxd.com/duncanshield...
unlabelledView post →“Mārama”- 2025 Streaming: Shudder/AMC* Genre: Gothic Horror Sub-Genre: Indigenous Cinema -(Māori) Country of Origin/Language: New Zealand/English-Māori #NFOTD #FilmSky The film features a warning/disclaimer : “This story is grounded in colonize history of Aotearoa New Zealand…
unlabelledView post →Mārama is my favorite film I’ve watched this year.
unlabelledView post →1. Mārama: A gothic Māori tale. What if the real ghost is colonialism? Brilliant performances. 10/10 The trend of storytelling coming from perspectives/cultures previously overlooked is what makes me excited for horror right now.
unlabelledView post →Another SIFF shorty: 'Mārama' is a Māori Gothic horror movie about the long, dark shadow of colonialism. silverscreenriot.com/marama-review/
unlabelledView post →New 'Māori gothic' film Mārama draws on horror of colonialisation
unlabelledView post →From the desk of Kristie Felice “Mārama is a haunting, Gothic horror that takes on a dark time in history with confidence.” Read more here: horrormovieblog.com/marama-reven...
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