An heirloom doll made in a Nazi factory terrorizes a suburban family.
When Mark Gajewski inherits his mother-in-law’s antique doll, his curiosity develops into a hobby and ultimately an obsession. A chance encounter with a Mysterious Stranger introduces Mark to a radical new philosophy that explains the ugliness of history, one that strips away guilt and forces him to confront a haunting question: what happens when conscience is no longer a burden?
I was invited to watch a screener of Mamochka.
Mamochka opened the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival in the UK on the 16th and had a limited VOD release on January 27, 2026.
It is available on Amazon Prime in the US and UK. The distributor plans a larger release following the exclusive rental period.
The film begins shortly after a funeral.
Mark and Jane, a seemingly happy couple, are returning home with the sole item bequeathed to Jane after her mother's death. Jane is not thrilled with inheriting nothing but the antique doll that she had been frightened of as a child. She wants to be rid of it, but Mark wants to find out about the doll's history first and whether it could be worth money.
Mamochka is a psychological horror/thriller about obsession. What is real and what is the product of a troubled mind? As Mark goes from curiosity to fixation, the consequences begin to take a toll on every aspect of his life.
Nightmares and darkly lit stairways added a creepy vibe. The soundtrack was oddly cheery-sounding, which made the spooky happenings even more jarring. Stanley Trub, who played Mark and Jane's young son Brian, is almost too adorable for horror movies, and yet he played his part well enough to give me a chill. A somewhat ambiguous ending leaves it open to the viewer's interpretation, but to me that's fine because I get to decide for myself what I want it to mean. Honestly, this is a weird one, but so am I because I enjoyed it.
I gave this 8 out of 10 stars at IMDB
DIRECTED BY: Vilan Trub
WRITTEN BY: Vilan Trub
STARRING: Dino Castelli, Maya Murphy, Joshua Danskin
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