A mother-daughter motel where the mints are poison and checkout is forever.
In an Isolated Canadian motel, a mother and a depressed daughter survive by murdering their guests for money.
Acting
Sanaa Gamil's terrifying maternal possession
Direction
Ashraf Fahmy's claustrophobic motel hellscape
Writing
Domestic horror sharper than any slasher
Director
Ashraf Fahmy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rare Egyptian-Canadian co-production exposing class desperation rarely shown in 1980s Arab cinema.
Sanaa Gamil reportedly refused to wash off her 'murder mother' makeup between takes to stay in character.
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