Gothika (15) Review

Overall Rating

Gothika - There are a lot of parents who let their underage children watch movies that are MA, or even R, if they are younger than 15, and Gothika is one of those movies where I'd strongly recommend they DO NOT do that. Sure enough, some movies are MA or R, and children watch it without any fear. But Gothika is a dark, horrifying, creepy movie which could really mess with a child's mind.

The story is about Doctor Miranda Grey (Halle Berry), a criminal psychologist who wakes up one day as a patient in her own mental institution, after a brief encounter on a stormy night with a strange girl who was standing there naked on the road. When Miranda is accused of brutally murdering her husband, she must prove her sanity to escape her own prison by solving the murder. But the counsellors start believing she is insane after strange things start happening to her body. Only she knows that she is being haunted by the ghost of a troubled girl who seems to be doing everything she can to kill her.

Gothika combines strict adult themes with some violence and a supernatural horror theme to make this dark movie great in its own manner. This movie is rated MA for brief coarse language, brief nudity, some violence, severe adult themes, and the views of aspects of prison life. I wouldn't say MA for this movie, I'd definitely say R. A scary, dark flick, definitely not recommended for children.