JP Nunez
I’m always up for a good ghost story. There’s just something warm and cozy about this subgenre, so it’s been a staple of my horror fandom for just about as long as I can remember. I’m always on the lookout for new ghost movies, and when I find one that looks promising, I immediately add it to my to-watch list. So naturally, when I first heard about the trailer for The Mistress, I knew I had to check it out.
The film is about a couple named Parker and Maddie who move into a new home after getting married. At first, their new life together seems to be going well, but soon enough, things take a terrifying turn for the worse. Maddie discovers a collection of old letters behind a wall panel, and she learns that they were written by a woman who lived in the house over a century ago and who committed suicide after being abandoned by her lover. On top of that, Parker also begins to experience some strange, ghostly phenomena, and after a little while, Maddie begins to suspect that he may be hiding a dark secret from her.
I don’t know about you, but I think that plot synopsis sounds amazing. The combination of ghostly scares, a link to a cursed past, and long-buried secrets coming to light is just about irresistible, so I probably didn’t even need to see the trailer. But I did, and let me tell you, it looks like the execution is going to live up to the film’s excellent premise.
The trailer for The Mistress is dripping with atmosphere from beginning to end, and it teases a harrowing descent into madness that’s equal parts supernatural and psychological. It’s pretty much everything I wanted it to be, so I absolutely can’t wait to see this movie.
The Mistress is set to hit VOD and select theaters on July 28.
